What the Health!?

I have recently viewed the documentary What the Health, which basically goes into extreme details about the do's and don'ts of healthy eating. If anyone is like me, they believe that healthy dieting includes little fast or junk food. It also includes eating a small portion of vegetables and drinking a few cups of water as well. I have always been aware of certain unhealthy habits but after watching this film, my perspective has changed!

I would like to establish one thing: I LOVE FOOD! Meat and cheese are my everything and I literally do not want to eat a meal without either one of them. Meat is good for us, right!? It is packed with protein, there are so many different types, and it is just simply delicious. So imagine my shock when I seen how the dead carcasses of the meats that I eat being drenched in the mud, covered in flies, and decaying before being shipped off to processing centers! I mean, there were pigs piled on top of each
other in a literal barrel with abscesses and puss leaking from each of them. As if that is not enough, they are pumped with steroids designated to make them appear fresh before being packaged and sold.

That is the process most meats go through before they hit grocery stores and are presented in pretty plastic packages to be purchased. I then had to ask myself, is it the meat I love or the way I prepare it? The fact that you have to wash, season, and cook meat before consumption speaks volumes about the product.

When you view the above image, I am sure the last thing that comes to mind is " That looks appetizing!". Anything that you consume should provide the choice of being eaten in it's natural state. With fruits and veggies, you can simply wash them off and enjoy. The reason being is that we were created to follow a plant based diet. Our teeth alone lack the canine structure needed to properly grind meats. Our digestive tracts take weeks to break down the food and our stomachs lack the proper amount of acidity needed to break it down as well. Everything in our natural creation literally objectifies to consuming animal based products.

Now I am not trying to judge or scare anyone off with this information. I am simply here to inform all on basic facts that can only be beneficial to the body. Some leading causes of death in America are heart disease, strokes, diabetes, and cancer. These are all illnesses that have direct correlations to meat consumption. Companies are making money at the expense of our health! Even the big corporations such as the American Heart Association, Susan G. Komen's cure for the Cancer, and many more are also receiving money from food companies that contradicts what their nonprofits stand for. Eating better will energize you from the inside out because food is meant o heal, not kill.