Blog Post Number 1
October 28, 2009 by audomkhen
I am not going to lie. My diet consists mainly of meat and some form of soda. I think my body has reached the point where it rejects vegetables. Any form of meat I love, whether it be fish, pork, lamb ,chicken, but i especially love beef. Ive never stopped to wonder how the animals my meat came from we’re raised, nor did i care. As long as I got to eat my meat, I was a happy person.
“King Corn” opened my eyes to two things. One, the meat I’m eating isn’t from grass fed cattle like I always thought, and two, high fructose corn syrup is in everything I eat. I always thought all forms of corn were healthy for you, but “King Corn” proved me wrong. High Fructose corn syrup causes obesity, and we get large amounts it from EVERYTHING we eat, since its located in almost all brands of food and drinks. I also learned from the documentary of how cattle is raised nowadays. They are kept in small closed areas and are fed an all corn diet. By preventing them from moving, they get fat faster and are ready to be butchered and sent to the meat packing plant faster then it would be too let them graze in a field. I see this as very bad. The quality of meat that comes from a corn fed animal is no where as near high quality as meat from a grass fed animal. This raised my awareness that what I am eating isn’t as healthy as i think it is, and beef these days isn’t actually beef, but just compressed corn that looks like beef.
After watching “King Corn”, my consumption of beef as gone down just a tad bit. The idea that its pack with corn just doesn’t sit right with my stomach. I have also cut down on my soda, drinking mainly juice and water. I occasionally have my McDonalds, but not as much as I use too. Ive also ventured out to a store that sold grass fed meat, and it is quite delicious compared to the corn fed beef. However, that store is quite far from my home, and there are no Kosher restaurants near where I live. As much as I love meat, I care more about my health, so I am willing to cut down after learning all these facts from “Corn King”.
King Corn informed me also about the myth of grass fed beef and showed high fructose corn syrup is in basically everything not just soda like I thought. King Corn was another piece of evidence to the idea that profit drives all actions in business. My view of beef has also changed since viewing King Corn. I feel like a terrible person whenever I eat fast food now because I feel like I am funding the mistreatment of cows. I am amazed that you were able to obtain grass fed beef so easily, but not surprised that it tastes much better. I would love to try grass fed beef sometime very soon. Where is this shop that you obtained grass fed beef?
I agree with much of what you have to say Audom. Like you my diet also consisted of mostly meat and soda. They were my favorite things to eat. King Corn also informed me about what goes into our soda and how the cows are raised. Like you it kind of changed my views and used some of the solutions you came up with. I stopped drinking soda as well. I cant stop eating meat because it is my favorite food but after what you said im going to try to find some grass fed beef. I want to see if it really does taste better like you say. When it comes to fast food, i never really ate that much of it. I eat fast food like once or twice a year so that never really affected me. I really like what you have done and see that you view food quite the same as i do.