Prompt 3

When I think of food, the first thing that comes to mind is obesity and the effects that people do not take in to consideration when eating “food”. I have been one of those lucky one who has not be affected by obesity and the dangerous effects that food have on people. I eat a lot of food throughout the day and before my freshman English class, which I watched and talked about a lot of way people used and misuse food. I used to eat food without any thought about how bad it could hurt me physically and mentally. I would go to Wendy’s and order not only one hamburger I would get three without even thinking how that would hurt me. My opinion on food and the way it is use is people should realize what eating bad and unhealthy food can do to the human body, this way the can live better and live longer.


My relationship with food had changed over and over since I have grown up in to the person I am today. I have never really had to stick to a diet or actually watch what goes in my body because of what I do and how God created me. I grew up in a household where we ate what we wanted to be happy. But after the years and by watching the videos like Food Inc. it has showed me I need to change what goes in my mouth when I eat. Health food not just consider apples, bananas, oranges, and other fruits it is the foods that are grown and are grown right in a way that makes it good for your body to ingest. In health class growing up the talk about the food pyramid and how if you follow this it will guild you to a better life. At that age I feel like it did not impact the way it should. After hearing my teacher talk about it, I forgot about it as soon as I left the room because at that time in my life I did not care what went in my body. So as I got older and became more aware of food itself, I started to read and examine labels of what my mom was buying. After this I thought I should look at the production of the food itself as well. In the article titled Food Physics and Food Safety said, the role of food safety has developed significantly in the last two decades, so today the production and processing of safe and quality food is of primary importance. This stuck out to me and shows me that people thought out the world are realizing how important it is to read what is on the label.

After the stage of reading and examining the labels of food I kind of lost the power to really stand behind it. So my relationship with food was forgotten for quite a long time because I just was getting older and my health was not the important part. I had the “I am young and invincible” mindset which most teens have growing up. At this age in people life they don’t look at what they are supposed to and how they are supposed to treat their bodies. They rather just live and have fun and not care about how they are destroying their bodies. We have to have food to survive but we have to supply our bodies with good food to survive longer. This means that not only do we have eaten well; we have to realize that we cannot live long if we do not eat correctly. I feel to live correctly with the concept of food we would have to be learning what your body need and start at a young age to make sure your body gets the correct and healthy food it needs. Myself at this time, as a college student, I need to focus on the good quality food that is produce now to help better people’s lives.

So my final relationship with food would have to be that now after watching the videos like Food Inc. I see myself starting a better life style by eating correctly and making sure to eat sustainably. Honestly, by watching Food Inc. in class made my mind up for me because I saw what was being done to get food for the people and it was absolutely wrong. Also the video called McBastard showed how fast food might be a little cheaper but will make you not live as long. I truly agree with my relationship with food now and I will try my hardest to accomplish that goal I have set for myself. The way people look at food will always change as they get older and they start depending more on their selves. I feel like my relationship with food on the bigger picture is about the same as everyone else that would to live the right way to be healthy and live longer. With this being said people should begin their relationship with the right way to eat food at a young age. Because I did not and now that I realize what is at stake I’m going to live life the correct way and be healthy.