I finally saw the movie Food Inc. this weekend and it absolutely wrecked me. I did not expect it to affect me the way it did. I'd heard about it and had been wanting to see it but wasn't really prepared for the impact it would have on me. I watched it on a day that I'd called in to work to hang out with my girlfriend and we were having a happy go lucky day and then we watched this movie. I cried for a good half hour after it was over. It totally blindsided me. I kept thinking of the family eating burger king and thinking that was healthy. I know so many people that eat the exact same way and it breaks my heart! My new years resolution for 2009 was to get healthy in every way possible. We totally changed our way of living in the way of what we ate, drank, exercised, thought, treated the earth... I honestly thought we were doing so well until I watched this movie. It was a huge slap in the face. We thought we were eating so healthy. We were wrong.
We don't eat any fast food whatsoever, we don't drink soda, we don't buy processed foods or anything of the like...but what I've come to realize is...if it's not organic, then it's just not good for you. That's sad, but it's true. Even if you're buying produce or something you think is healthy for you....somewhere down the line it's been contaminated with something that's unhealthy. It scares me to death! I do buy alot of organic products, especially vegetables and milk and yogurt but not every single thing is always organic. It's tough to get every product in your kitchen/pantry organic. It just is, unless you're rich or live somewhere that those products are widely available. I don't want to feel guilty every day about what I'm putting into my body. I can't live that way! And my son deserves it!
It was definitely an eye opener.
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