23d ago in OTHERS
What ACTUALLY makes food unhealthy
Just a normal day, in grade 4. I am just 10 years old.
My teacher asks the class to move into the library for a presentation.
My classmates and I walk down the hallway and enter the library. We sit down criss-cross in a 9 or 10 rows.
After waiting for a few minutes, this strange man walks in. He seems like a nice guy.
He puts his presentation up on the board. Its titled, “Pizza - The secret health food”.
I see the logo in the bottom right of the screen. He works for a pizza company. We get pizza every Friday for “pizza day” from the same company.
I laughed in my head. Everyone else seemed to pay attention, as any 10 year old pizza lover would.
The strange man goes on to talk about the different components of pizza.
Bread - bread is a grain and grains are an essential part of the food pyramid
Tomato sauce - tomatoes are a vegetable and vegetables are healthy for you (side note: tomatoes are a fruit)
Cheese - cheese is a diary product and diary is good for you
Pepperoni - pepperoni is made from pork and meat is good for you
“Put it all together, and you have a healthy lunch” he reasoned.
I remember seeing the looks on most of the teachers faces. “Who the hell is this guy?” is all I saw. To be honest, looking back on it today I have no idea how that presentation would get approved. Actually on second thought, they teach way more fked up things nowadays.
Today, I take two lessons from this.
Firstly, these companies have no interest in our health. I am all for capitalism, but to me this isn’t it.
Capitalism is the only political system where after a transaction both parties say, “thank you”. Both parties benefit from the transaction.
But these companies go out there and try to brainwash children into believing something that is not.
Instead of making a better product, these companies focus on hiding the truth.
I don’t think any sane person can actually try to argue that pizza is a health food. Or at least the pizza they used to feed us in grade 4.
That brings me to my second lesson. Most foods can actually be healthy if you use better quality ingredients.
The strange guy from the pizza company wasn’t entirely wrong.
When I travelled to Italy I had the best pizza in the world (literally).
I’m sure the quality of their ingredients is going to be significantly different than the $3 pizza we used to get.
And I think that can be extended out into ones everyday diet as well.
Use better quality ingredients and you will live a healthier lifestyle.
I always advocate for buying organic or grass-fed / grass-finished or pasture raised.
I think that this is the kind of food that your body craves.
And by eating it you can lose weight, fix chronic illnesses, fix mental health, and fix autoimmune disorders.
What do you guys think?
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What ACTUALLY makes food unhealthy
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