Official Food, Inc. Movie Site - Hungry For Change?

I find it funny that our government is now going to restrict the amount of acetaminophen in Tylenol and Excedrin because, according to a news article on MSN, it is the number one cause of liver disease. I'm not against this if it is safer for those using them. It's just odd to me because there are so many restrictions on medicines or things that could hurt us, but food is not one of them. We have millions of fast food joints all over the country. Why not limit them, or at least regulate what they can sell, because heart disease is the number one killer in the US.? Why is it more important that we restrict these meds because of liver disease, but when it comes to highly processed junk food or cigarettes it's not a big deal? Could it be because money is involved? I would guess that it is highly probable. These are some of the questions I've asked myself recently. These issues do get a little tricky because freedom of choice comes into play: what should we allow to be free choice and what should be restricted by the government.

Now don't get me wrong, I do enjoy fast food. In fact, Culvers just happens to be my favorite place to go. I love the thick, sludgy custard that sticks to my arterial walls. Oh and their fries - Mmm. I don't always think about what it's doing to me as I'm indulging of course. I'm just in complete bliss. The heart attack I experience later will shock me back to reality - if I survive. With all that said, I still do prefer to be healthy and make healthy choices.

Fast food isn't the only food issue in our country. In our grocery stores there a millions of choices. Most of the food is processed, full of dyes, pesticides, or antibiotics. Wouldn't it be great if we could visit our grocery store and not have to wonder what is in the food; to know it's pure?

Several years ago, I did some reading and searching about food dyes. I read that the dye Red 40 is actually a byproduct of coal and is banned in Europe. I don't think it has been proven, but there is a lot of buzz online about the negative health affects of food dye consumption. You may want to check it out for yourself.


The bottom line . . .
We will all die one way or another, so we can look at one of three ways.

1. Live it up and not care because we only get one chance.
2. Make strict healthy choices all the time and miss out on the good stuff in life.
3. Try to make healthy choices most of the time but still give ourselves the freedom to indulge.

Option three is probably the most sensible.

Check out the Food, INC trailer if you haven't seen it yet. I hope to see the movie when it's out on DVD.

Official Food, Inc. Movie Site - Hungry For Change? - Trailer and Photos

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Punishment and Love

Apparently I'm not loved much in my house. I issued a punishment last night, and shortly after I found this response to it. This did not hurt my feelings at all because I know it's not a true measure. I actually thought it was kind of cute. A little love gauge. At first, I didn't have any hearts shaded, but I did gain one after I had a talk with the perpetrator. Maybe I’ll be able to gain a few hearts in the days ahead. ;-)

Simple Gardening

A couple months ago I started my very own vegetable garden, thanks to my sister-in-law. She gave me lots of tips, let us borrow her tiller, and provided us with some very cool heirloom tomato and pepper plants.

I spent a lot of time hacking at the dirt, preparing it for the seeds. After spending so much time in the dirt, I began to think how amazing this brown/black stuff really is. I mean, we never give it much thought, after all, it's just dirt. But if you actually think about how you can plant a tiny dry seed in the soil and add water and watch it grow, it's amazing to me. I find dirt an odd yet wonderful substance. I don't know, maybe I'm just a little whacked. ;-)

After the seeds were planted, I would check on the garden almost daily. I didn't know what to expect, and I don't think I did everything exactly as the seed package had stated. However, I have to say, I'm quite happy with what I see so far! It has been fun for me (and the kids) to watch the changes each week. I spent some time today weeding it and trying to get some more of the grass out, which was left over after the tilling. It's not bad, for a first year garden. I planted a lot of lettuce, some broccoli, carrots, spinach, zucchini, squash, pumpkins, peppers, and tomatoes. I can't wait until the tomatoes are ready!

Carrots

Tomato

I love how this lettuce looks!

Hmm...too bad I didn't label everything. I'm not sure what this is, but it looks good to me!

Daisies. They just looked pretty so I had to include them in the photo line up.

Nothing Special

Well I haven't posted in a while due to my addiction to Farm Town on Facebook and also because I've just been too busy. If I'm not reading, I'm studying (my chem. class started this past week). If I'm not studying, I'm playing Farm Town. I wonder how I can keep cramming stuff into my day. I suppose, if I quit playing games on the computer, that would free me up some, but it's my escape. I guess it's what I do when I feel stressed and about ready to shut down. I go and plant some crops and somehow the world seems like a better place when I'm done! :-)

There are so many things I wanted to get done around here before summer: painting Ava's room, staining the deck (again), deep cleaning and the list goes on. It seems that once again that will all have to wait.

I also was hoping to do some summer school with the kids. At least math, spelling, and reading, but I've been terrible about it. We finished up in mid May, but I dread adding more to my schedule right now. We usually start school in early July anyway, so I might just take this time to focus on me. Hmm...that sounds nice!

New Moon - Trailer!

Over the past week I've become another one of those crazy, obsessed Twilight fans. My friend let me borrow all 4 of her Twilight books. I ended up reading the first one in 24 hours because it was just that good! The next book, New Moon, I finished in about 2 days. I had to watch the Twilight movie again, and I'm planning a night this week to watch it yet again. I spend my days and nights dreaming of Edward Cullen. Can you really fall in love with a fictional character? Yes, I know, it's pathetic; I need to get a grip on reality real soon here.

Last night at the MTV movie awards, Robert Pattinson (Edward), Kristen Stewart (Bella), and Taylor Lautner (Jacob) presented the first official trailer of New Moon, which is set to come out in theatres on November 20, 2009. I usually can't stand anything on MTV anymore as it is usually trash and not very classy, but I made myself watch it just so I could see the trailer. I have to say that the New Moon movie looks like it will be better than the Twilight movie. Though I would say Twilight was a good movie, there were some things from the book that were left out of the movie, which left me slightly disappointed. The books are usually always better than the movies. Stephenie Meyer is a great writer, and she provides tons of details that a movie could never capture. I hope the New Moon movie stays true to the book. From the trailer, it looks like it has.

Here's the trailer!!!! :-) You might want to scroll down to pause the music before you start.

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