The United States is one of the unhealthiest nations in the world due to the type of food we eat; these foods include junk food, like candy and ice cream, or fast food, like McDonald's or Burger King. Sure, it doesn't help Americans to eat this stuff, but the food we eat is surely not the cause of most of our everyday problems. But HOLD ON AMERICA! ORGANIC FOOD HAS COME TO THE RESCUE!! Now our lives will improve ten fold!!!! True statement???.... Not at all. Ever since the introduction of organic food in America, Americans have truly romanticized it.
Organic food is food grown without the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. The food no doubt holds true to its original intention, which was to produce all-natural products that are healthy and environmentally safe. Americans have taken this intention, and made it into something much larger and simply untrue over time.
I read an article written about organic food on the website www.organicfoodinfo.net, an online informational source about organic food. This article reminds me of Romeo and Juliet; it has "romance" and is a tragedy (Ohhhhh diss).
The article basically glorified organic food by describing how it will change all aspects of one's life:
-You will find that you are much happier and easy going. You will also notice a great change in your mood, since your body is healthy, making you happy.
-These basic improvements in your health will reinforce your diet, pushing you to eat healthier, lose more weight, and even tighten up your diet further.
-Healthy foods will also ensure that you are bustling with energy; and once you have loads of energy you will have to find a way to use it.
-That will mean that you will find yourself going to the gym or taking up some new hobby, since your energy has to be used up some how.
-You will be amazed to see how easy it is to actually maintain a natural health lifestyle.
-All your friends will notice as you become more energetic and productive.
-Natural health also encourages positive thinking and is a gradual process.
The writer of this article describes organic food as if it can completely improve one's life. Apparently, if you eat this food you will be motivated to go to the gym, take up new hobbies, lose more weight, and my personal favorite, your friends will notice how much more "energetic and productive" you are.
Organic food is a cool idea, but Americans have romanticized the meaning, causes, and effects of it in order to make them believe they can change their lives by eating it.
Link to article: http://www.organicfoodinfo.net/organic_products_usa.html
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And isn't it interesting that by romanticizing organic foods it justifies exorbitant prices for those foods? I shopped at Whole Foods last summer for our anniversary dinner and I couldn't believe how expensive it was. OUCH!
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