Monday, March 21, 2011

Food is a Waste. Or something like that.

Once again, I come to the conclusion at the end of a wonderfully stimulating class of AP Environmental Science, that humans suck. Big big time. Basically, the food we eat isn't as natural as we make it out to be. McDonalds is a big bully to blame for this. Taking control of what we think of today as Fast Food, McDonald's has changed the business by abusing their workers, and meat, and then serving to us options that may be delicious (to everyone but myself), but also one of the worst options we can stuff into our stomachs. We as humans tend to crave meat, it is built in our genes like craving sugar. Meat is so cheap now that we can get it anywhere, even for 99 cents. This may be fantastic for the lower class family, but health wise, this is horrible. We are not suppose to even have so much meat as we now eat. The things we stuff into our bodies, chew up and swallow, is slowly (even quickly sometimes) killing us. We might as well be feeding ourselves waste, as from my point of view, it probably would be more nutritious than this 'food' we eat today.

Waste can also equal food as some companies, Nike for a great example, will recycle nonbiodegradable parts, making the most of things that would otherwise dirty the earth and never truly leave the system. By reusing and putting rubber, plastic, other materials from their shoes into new products, Nike is helping this planet little by little to send a message, that we must be more resourceful and smart about what we throw out. Not everything we want to throw out should even be thrown out. A lot of items can be reused, if we just take the time to clean milk cartons out and use them for tap water jugs, or reuse plastic bags instead of just throwing them away carelessly. The world needs to wake up. And wake up NOW.