Problems of modern diet

Have you ever thought of changing your lifestyle to a healthier one? Have you ever thought that the society we live in is blocking you? Have you ever thought of the toxic food environment we are living in? Or if your eating habits are good for you and your environment?

Here I’m going to discuss topics connected to the effect of our eating habits on our health and the planet, what are our tools to change it, how our environment forms our eating habits and how to escape from it.

Eating is a part of everyone’s life and although it has a great effect on a lot of things, many people don’t seem to think about it too much. Only if we think of it on a personal scale what we eat determines how much energy we will have during the day and not only the quantity but the quality of this energy. I think this carelessness happens for a very simple reason, that in 21st-century food is so easily available (especially for people living in the western society) that you can find something to eat wherever you are and whatever you do. People don’t have to be afraid that if they get hungry, they won’t be able to eat anything. This also means that most of the people don’t produce their own food anymore, so they are losing contact with the food preparation process.

Here I’m not only talking about growing our own food and caring about our own animals but simply cooking. I see less and less people cooking in my surroundings and I guess the main reason is that ready-made food is very easily available, and cooking can be very time-consuming. But is it really so? Part of the problem that because of this the cooking habit stops passing from generation to generation and so many people are missing out as they don’t learn how to cook at all. It wouldn’t be a problem itself, the problem is that when people are not part of this process, they also not aware of the ingredients used in this process.

This lack of knowledge already resulted in a food environment which is harming our human society and also other habitats of the earth. On the other hand, this isn’t a thing that we can blame on costumers, but the food professionals and the companies who are creating our food and are driven by profit. The nature of capitalism is to make profit, no matter of the cost, to be able to stay in the competition and to reach costumers as fast and as often as possible. This is the reason why these companies are taking advantage of our very basic human needs and drives. Our natural drive to crave foods which can give the biggest energy boost to our body and to eat as much as possible to survive in case if we don’t get food for a while.

We also live in an age of information, which means it is very difficult to filter out the facts from the trends and the manipulations. It is especially hard to figure out if an eating trend is really good for you or the planet and if certain ingredients and farming methods are rather beneficial or harmful even on a human health scale or on the scale of the use of our resources.

With the sudden growth of the human population, our eating and farming habits seem to get unsustainable. It seems like we are not using our resources appropriately and definitely not responsibly. Here another question comes and that is if we as costumers can make any change from the bottom of this whole system and how. On the other hand, the question arises if we can change our eating habits which are harming us and our planet which is fundamental for our existence and how on earth we can do that when we are getting our food from the existing system.

It is a tough situation especially that it is not easy in itself to get rid of human habits as they are deeply wired in our brains and it takes a lot of work and effort to change them. On the other hand, we do have access for the information and for the tools we just have to find them, this is the thing in which I can offer help through this blog. This blog will be here to filter out information about food production and processing methods, about different diets and the nutritional needs of our body and what sort of effect different kind of diets have on our environment, last but not least, how can you change your eating habit on the way you want on a long term basis.