Jennifer and I saw the movie Food Inc. last weekend. We figured we had to see it together since we saw Super Size Me together years ago.
I didn’t want to read any of the movie reviews beforehand because I wanted to go as an “unbiased” viewer. Yeah right! An “unbiased” dietitian going to see a movie about food! I don’t think so…especially me, who criticizes processed foods all the time. But once I sat down and the music started, I was just hoping it wasn’t going to be a movie that would gross me out because of the way animals are treated. Nobody likes to see that; we just block it out when we eat a steak or a chicken sandwich.
But I will tell you that you must see this movie to draw your own conclusion and see where you fit in this whole thing. The movie is a very well done documentary and their goal seemed to be educating “us” on how food gets onto the store shelves. It’s not “gross” or in your face; it doesn’t appear that was their intention. They are not trying to convert viewers into vegans. The movie simply takes us across the country to meet the farmers and hear their stories. Jennifer and I just fell in love with Joel the farmer. This man was so eloquent and it was a pleasure to listen to him talk. So of course I Googled him and found his family farm website, Poly Face Farms. No wonder the guy is so eloquent; he holds a BA in English.
But what bothered me in the movie was this family of four who eats from a drive thru because they claim it’s cheaper than eating healthy. They stated that the husband’s medication was so expensive that they couldn’t spend as much money on food. Excuse me, but you can have a healthy dinner for less than $11.00. It always amazes me that people are not even trying. They could have bought a rotisserie chicken, some potatoes and fresh or frozen vegetables for the same amount they pay at the drive thru. And what about drinking free water instead of soda? What a novel idea.
People never miss an opportunity to say that we have a diabetes epidemic and kids have adult medical conditions in America, and my answer is, “yes and what are you doing about it?” Like I said to my young patient years ago, “If you eat like your daddy, you will be big like your daddy”. Unless the child is growing and playing all day long, he or she cannot eat like a 220 pound adult man. Parents (and everyone else) please see the movie and stop buying “treats” or as I call it “crap” for your kids. Feed them the good stuff and they probably won’t get diabetes like the other kids.
- Josée
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Might have to check it out. I don't really like to watch the brutal stuff but you said it was not that bad so....