After Math

After doing this research paper, I would still eat everything I did before. I'll still eat my McDonald's, Jack in the Box, Wendy's and everything i just wouldn't eat as much of it. My paper was based around obesity so i understand what the food does to your body, but it's all about how much of it your consuming and I rarely fast food. Well does subway count as fast food? Either way even if I could go back  4 years I wouldn't change anything about the food I choose to eat. I would go back to how I acted in school and tried to do better other than that I'm fine with the choices I made.

Reflection

3rd quater ERW was the hardest time for me ever in my highschool years. I started off with a low F and ended with a 66 percent. No matter how hard i tried this semester ny grade never went up. I admit it that i suck in english and i die tend to sleep everyday in the class, only because im up all night doing work from other classes that i forget to do things in this class. Like today i forgot to blog before 6pm and look at me, 11pm and barely blogging. I'm not going to lie but i got really lazy this quater with ERW that i forgot how important it is for colleges. Thats why next semsester i will put all my efforts into at least passing the class with a C.

Afterthoughts on Food Politics

  This chapter of Food Politics has informed me more on the issues under this branch but, has not directly affected me in terms of what I eat. I admit that I'm not the most healthiest eater in the class. The topic of getting food, and how it was handled/packaged I have already learned from my mom. She's a very educated about how to get certain types of food organic like meats, ingratiates, and other foods. I can say this chapter has re-informed me on this issue and I'm grateful for that. 

  The question about has my mindset changed about what I eat and about the country is still the same, I'm still upset. My pallet will grow but, I will be more careful on my food decisions in terms of my own health. Personally I am upset on how these type of sick and inhuman practices are happening today in big companies. I'm already a politically informed person so when it comes to voting, I will be researching on policies that are under the topic of food and vote on my conscience. 

  If I could go back 4 years with my knowledge of the food industry, would I change any eating habits during that time most likely no. Why? Well considering I'm still a healthy kid during that time and currently still am, I see no reason to change the past. Except maybe telling my past self not to stuff my mouth so I don't get any stomach aches XD ! 

  The last question is what would I propose to change or influence the food industry in any way? Well although I hold onto to some political libertarian ideology when it comes to government intervention this is one of those topics that's controversial. If I were commander in chief right now and if I were to put regulations/to wield a big stick in front of companies one of two things will happen. Either A.) little by little food small & big companies/business will leave the country putting a hurt on the market allowing to limit competition giving big companies that stay the advantage or B.) big companies start to leave certain states or even the country and take their business elsewhere putting that market to a all time low and trade will leave our country for that market. Instead if I were to follow my ideology and let the companies do what they do then the issues will stay being prominent and the industry will continue doing what they do and beating the system now. I can't really give an accurate answer on the issue because, I'm biased on this issue but I will say that something needs to happen.

Reflection

Before starting this unit I must admit that I was an ignorant consumer. I admit that I never took the time to consider the things I eat because I never thought it was a big deal. I never put in the effort to know where my food came from or how the meat I was eating was treated. It wasn’t until this unit that I started wondering about the origin of my food. If I look back to when we first started this unit I knew nothing of the struggles of growing food. After finishing this unit I have decided to grow something of my own and see the whole process and experience the beauty of food.

why my mindset changed

My mindset has changed a lil bit after writing this research paper because I realize some of the stuff, I was eating wasn't good for me. Spending my money on things I know wasn't good but I still ate it. After watching the videos on the animals it made me sad because the animals are suffering and us humans are enjoying the meat we eat and not really knowing what the animals go through. After watching the videos and writing my paper, I decided to change my diet by not eating so much junk food and also by the meats I eat. After watching them kill the animals and clean it all out it grossed me out but I had to realize that's what I'm eating and I never knew what they really did what the animals. I would probably change my eating habits 4 years ago.

How this paper changed me

This research paper has definitely changed my perspective on the food industry. Learning about how food labels deceive us in so many ways has been so eye opening and definitely make me think twice before I buy food again. If I knew what I know now four years ago most likely I wouldn't change anything. Maybe try to read more labels to make sure of the ingredients that are in my food and try to eat better. But pretty much I don't think anything would change. Mostly because it's so hard to buy healthy foods and everything. So overall I feel like this information helps me in some ways but can't affect my life because it's so hard to eat healthy and buy healthy foods.

How has this research make me think differently?

          My mindset about our country hasn't changed much. I always knew that there was weird and messed up stuff going on behind the scenes. I've also heard of conspiracy theories explaining that our country is trying to make us ill to get more money out of us. The more we are ill, the more we will go to hospitals. I don't think I would change my eating habits by that much, mind you my eating habits were better back then than they are now. I know this research will probably not stray me away from the foods I enjoy eating, but it already does make me think twice about eating them. If I could do something about it, I would say tax the unhealthy food more, and make healthy food more available and affordable. It seems like the easier solution. I feel that most people want to eat healthier, but simply don't want to pay the extra bucks for a salad. Another possibility would be to treat our animals with respect, and let them eat grass instead of corn. I'm sure the meat would be much better quality. Basically, don't feed them anything that they wouldn't eat in the wild.