Will I ever eat meet again?
After having a restless night thinking about chickens being stomped on, cattle being feed other cattle, and unlimited amounts of "shit" smoking, I have asked myself, what can I do? I feel that the actions in this book are due to the fast pace of our society, one that talks on the phone instead of greeting other people on the street, one that depends on fast food, to the point that even knowing this information still does not impact McDonald's drive in, and one where a person could live weeks/years never actually seeing or speaking to another person due to the internet. I asked myself last night, is doing nothing an option, can I be a vegetarian, can I possible eat a chicken nugget without thinking about the chicken who got scalded ALIVE?
I belive these to be my options:
1) Become a vegetarian. Would that mean no dairy at all?
2) Never eat at a fast food restaurant again. What about when I don't have time to fix anything to eat?
3) Buy meat only from a butcher and never eat at fast food restaurants again. Where do butchers get their meat?
4) Eat wherever and whenever and forget about thinkless animals. Will the vision of smoking crap ever get out of my mind?
I feel like I know what to do, but give up steaks? hamburgers? pork chops? I want to ask what others feel like I should do, what WE should do, but I also want someone to tell me that this isn't true.
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Robin - I struggled with the same questions. That book made almost every food sound gross! It made me wonder if I would ever eat again!!!
I don't know what I should do either, I am also waiting for someone else to tell me that this isn't true!!
I think a lot of it is true, however, not every piece of meat has "poop" on it... The deal is just about every food has some sort of preservative or "natural flavoring". Unfortunately even fruits at the grocery are sprayed with junk that could supposedly cause cancer. I think that in order to be totally safe and eat "clean" foods, one would have to grow their own garden and eat only from that. As for me, I don't have a big enough back yard for that...so I'll keep eating meat. But a lot less fast food and processed food!
I feel that the book is telling us to be more aware of what we are eating and not to go through another fast food drive through without thinking about what it is doing to our bodies.
This book reminded me of an exhibition called BODIES that I just saw in New York a month ago. In this exhibit, there are many cadavers that are displayed respectfully showing what fast food and other things do to our bodies. Being able to see what our insides look like makes me feel even more strongly about this issue. We should be eating only organic meats, veggies and fruits, unless you do decide to go vegetarian. If you are vegetarian you don’t have to not eat daily products that would mean that you were vegan. The choice is yours...I don’t think that we will ever see food the same way again.
I don't think you have to go so far as to quit eating meat. After reading this book, I went for the first time to Whole Foods and got a London Broil. The steak came from free range meat so the cows aren't eating feces or living on top of one another. By the way, I told the butcher at Whole Foods that it was my first visit, and he gave me the steak for free. It was delicious! It's more expensive there but well worth it. You may not be able to afford to buy from stores that have better practices, but maybe we can all attempt to balance our habits a little better.
As far as eating fast food, I think you're completely right when you write that our society is living in fast motion which has perpetuated the fast food explosion, among other businesses. I wish we could slow things down, let kids be kids, let jobs be jobs and not our lives, and enjoy our friends and family more than anything. I keep working at this, but it is a constant and conscientious effort.
We've been thinking about trying to also eat locally - moved by looking at stickers on an apple that say "grown in New Zeland" when I drive past an orchard to get into town...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5709576
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