Blog Post #1
October 28, 2009 by gbernal
Ever since i can remember meat and soda have always been a part of my diet. I usually eat other types of dishes like pasta, or rice, but meat has been my favorite. I am not really the type of person who can just ead a salad or meat once in a while, like some people i know. My mom always tells me that eating meat everyday is not good for you becuase it can lead to many disorders with your body. I always thought that she was just telling me that becuase she did not want to cook, because she was tired so i never really paid attention to it. My opinion changed after watching the documentary King Corn.
At first when I started watching the documentary i thought it was going to be like those other documentaries I have seen where they just throw information that is not interesting at you. This one changed my view because most of the facrs they gave were things i didnt know, and applied to my life in a big way. I learned that corn is in basically everything that we eat since it is cheap to make and grows fast. They make high fructose corn syrup from corn and add it to almost every drink. Another thing I learned was that the farmers keep cows in cages and feed them corn, so they become fat faster with the corn and lack of excersie, so they can go to the market faster. All of this explains how they have found corn in our hair and many people suffer with diabeties. Nobody waas meant to take such a huge amount of corn without excersice or breaks from it.
After watching the documentary I have made some changes to my diet. I stopped drinking soda and started drinking more water and orange juice. I still eat meat since it is my favorite food but i eat it with a variety of things. This is becuase i want to cut back on any extra corn im putting into my body. I also told my brother to do this too so he can lose some weight and become fit. These are the thoughts and changes i put into my diet based on what we learned and experienced in class.
Meat has always been a part of my regular diet too. It’s really hard for me to ever give up eating meat, I can never see myself eating a salad for an entire meal. Besides, I don’t think it’s the meat in general that’s bad for you, it’s the fat that comes with it. That probably explains why people eat fish when they want to eat healthier, because fish spend their time swimming and all of that. I’m no expert on the subject, but it makes sense doesn’t it?
As for the soda drinking, I never drink much soda to begin with, but watching King Corn has given me a new appreciation for being cautious about it.
It’s great that you’ve taken the stuff you’ve learned in class and told your family members about it. I did the same, my sisters were interested, but I somehow get the feeling that my mom had no idea what I was talking about.
I totally understand the writers situation. I love meat. I definitely think that its not the meat thats bad for you but its the way the meat is prepared and how the animal was treated before it was slaughtered. As said in the blog the cows in the movie King Corn were put in a big pen and was fed straight corn. The lack of movement helps the cows to get meatier faster which in return helps them to get out on the market quicker. This is hurting the consumer because the meat is not healthy at all. Personally King Corn changed my mind about all my food because it made me start to look at labels which is something I never did, but now I read cereal boxes and the labels on the back of the can foods. I like that the writer mentioned the change in their own personal die that kind of helps the reader to relate.