Day after day I always hear the phrase, “good” food versus “bad” food. When I think of the difference between good foods and bad foods, I’m thinking about tasty foods and not-so-tasty foods. However are usually referring to food that has either been coined as healthy or unhealthy.
Food has become demonized by our society.
How did certain foods became known as these bad-for-you dishes? Why is it that when a person thinks of a hamburger, he/she instantly thinks of bad-for-you food? Why is it that when people think of a mouthwatering piece of chocolate lava cake, another “bad” idea flashes into their heads? To the concept of “good” versus “bad” food, I say, “Rubbish!” I love so many foods that have that evil presence lurking over them. Hamburgers, cupcakes, French fries, pizza, and more. These foods are fun and good and tasty in my opinion. I do respect the fact that I cannot eat them from a restaurant on a daily basis due to the amount of calories and grams of fat. Nevertheless, I refrain from making them evil or unforgiving. The fear our society has placed on food items needs to be changed and we need to embrace our love of food once again.
Especially if we are cooking these foods in our home, we can modify the ingredients and make healthier versions. For example, make a mouth-watering hamburger at home using 97% fat free ground beef (a very lean meat) and you can enjoy a healthy and tasty version of this demonized American past-time food. Or enjoy a home-made pizza snack with an English muffin, tomato sauce, and reduced-fat slice of cheese. Simple, fun, tasty, and best of all, “Good.” By embracing and loving our food in moderation, we can truly learn how to eat again. The food terms “good” versus “bad” will resort to the definitions that they should be regarding good taste versus bad tasting food and not the demonization that we’ve resorted to. Love your food choices and enjoy eating them.
This was a very interesting post. Because there are lots of things people don’t know about the things that they are eating. They think that it is healthy when in reality it is just the worst thing world that they are putting into their bodies. But from what I have read about things can be fixed just will take a wee bit of work first.
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