Okay, so today I went to the bistro and ordered a "turkey and brie" (my joking) "hold the brie." Basically, I wanted that sandwich--ettuce, tomato, and brie... just no turkey. Then somehow, time halted and the world came to an end. My friends asked/stated "that's stupid, why would you just get cheese on your sandwich?" I replied, "I try not to eat more meat than I should." They replied with some more typical remarks, of those who have not yet stopped to take a look at the reality that most people in this country eat overly excessive amounts of everything required for a typically healthy life style. And in addition, the women behind the counter just couldn't resolve the issue that this young lady would purposely gravitate away from their salted turkey lunch meat. Well, all I can say is I'm sorry! Sorry for trying to avoid useless products full of nitrates and chemicals I'd rather prefer not to eat... and in the end, I must have confused everyone to such an extreme that indeed, my sandwich become a mass void of anything but cheese and bread.
Anyways, another story... so I went home over break and visited my retired-hippy mom. It brought to mind a subject I had never before put enough depth into. To introduce the topic... think about all the times we go grocery shopping, or even simply go out to eat. Because of technology, technology that is on a constant morph and has grown practically exponentially in less than 10 years, the things we are putting in our bodies are corrupted with hidden ingredients/poisons, whatever you feel/think. Anyways, my mother informed me that she now checks every label of every product she buys and looks for things such as: "High-fructose corn syrup," "hydrogenated" products, or anything inexplicably hard to read. It's the simple fact of the matter that "high-fructose corn syrup" a chemically skewed corn product that is supposedly "driving the economy and helping agriculture alike" is overtaking most products as a base ingredient. I mean jeez, I even bought one of those salad bags with a salad dressing packet, and indeed HFCS was surely in it! It's something that people don't even think about that they are consuming in excessive amounts each day... in their drinks, dressings, sauces, Breads! And it is just one of the many consumed chemicals we eat each day.
Sure, organic stores are wonderful, and it is nice to see certain labels out on the market... however, I learned long ago the depressing reality that buying a few fruits and vegetables will cost about three times the price of a nice bag of chips. Anyways, poor broke college kid... boo hoo.
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