Opt Out of the Food Industry

Opt Out of the Food Industry

When we’re little, we eat what

we’re fed. Few of us have any say

in our diets ‘til we’re pre-teens or

older. Often, if we stray too far

from the diets of our families,

we’re ridiculed and our choices are

disrespected.

Many of us have “hereditary”

diseases, conditions passed on

through our parents from their

parents on up. But if we look at

our diets, we might see something

interesting. If I eat what my

parents eat, the chances of me

having the same health issues

my parents have is considerably

higher - and even higher still if

my lifestyle is similar. We often

don’t even think about the food

we eat. We eat by default, we eat

for emotional reasons, we eat as

a social activity. We eat without

considering our choices.

The food industry is a control

paradigm system. We are far

removed, in physical distance and

emotional distance, from the food

we eat. We lose our connection to

the earth; we have no connection

with the plants and animals that

were processed, packaged, and

shipped to us.

You can opt out of the food

industry. You can be an omnivore,

vegetarian, vegan, macrobiotic, or

raw. You can slow down. You can

prepare your own food. You can

take time to think about what

you put into your body and how

it affects you. You can drive down

the street, passing by restaurant

after restaurant, thinking to

yourself, “That one’s not for me.

That one’s not for me.”