Ying and Yang

America has felt the shock and consequences of mass produced foods. This rippling effect will have terrible impacts on the medical care America already struggles with. Certainly enough Norman Borlaug would have not foresaw such a regression in American nutrition: Overnutrion. City life changes the way we eat. The average American eats out more than 10 years ago. This culture of workaholics has left a dent in the nutritional intake of Americans. Why make your own food when conveniently enough there is some fast alternative. This is the economical thing to do, right? What is the quality of your food? Are you really getting your money's worth? What if you were to find out that there is a culture out there that only consumes fat, very little amount of grains and starches and their vitamin intake and heart disease rate is plainly said, better than ours. These people are our distant neighbors in the northwestern parts of Alaska. The Innuits, and their notable paradox: high fat intake and very little rate of cardiovascular disease.

So, how is this even possible? How are they able to consume such a gargantuan amount of fats and remain thinner than the average Houston citizen? Step back for a bit, and look at what you are eating. Ok now come back here when you are done.

Glad to have you back, did you notice something in your food? Probably not, you might have thought something like: "My food is not a problem to me, I work out."

Well, the Inuit have quite the interesting array of cuisine. Their diet is all fat, from seal, walrus and other marine animals that have juicy scrumptious amounts of fat enough to make your mouth water for hours on end. Now you are thinking why does this matter? Back to the previous point made, what is the quality of your food? Have you ever asked how the actual ingredients that have come together to become my meal what is their journey? What practices put together the foods I have now in my hand?

Biochemists and Nutritionists have come together and attempted to put their resources together and come up with the solution. The fats in our diets are saturated trans fats the factory produced livestock animals with only a limited diet of grain have gone through obesity and butchered to harvest their flesh.

The Inuits are unfortunately limited to what they can eat, the frigid temperatures do not allow them to have any fresh fruits and vegetables. They must engineer for themselves the essential nutrients necessary for human function. Some of these are integrated into the fats of the animals they eat. Some vitamins are readily dissolved in fats due to hydrophobic structure composition. These fats are close to getting multivitamins with caloric content. Although fats, they must not be forsaken like they are done here in the States. It is through this very mechanism that they are able to survive and thrive as human beings. They are hardworking and always active.

It seems that the closer we are to the city, the higher the probability we will succumb to the temptations of lifestyle choices detrimental to our aging. Will you forsake the life in the city, with LCD galore, cars, air conditioning, and money for a better quality of life? Do you support the mass production of obese animals? You are what you eat correct?

On the surface

I have never had the opportunity to swim because I had never had to. It was never a part of my life, I have never lived by the coast. Nor had I had the opportunity to. Everyone around me enjoys gliding through the water. They understand the language of the body and how to maneuver their way in water to stay afloat and move with the grace of a whale.

                As important as picking up a language is there are other aspects of culture that must be learned in the same manner or rather in a similar way. These customs are necessary to function normally in society and they will have to come about them.

                Swimming was a language of interest to me, I have always envied those Olympic swimmers for their graceful races in water. I had to have this skill, it interested me so and there is always a chance to use it whenever around water. Also another thought that drove me to learn the language was someone told me about its impact. The knowledge was worthwhile as it could potentially be life saving. If it came to one day I walk by and there is an accident I don’t want to be a part of the bystanders who are on their phones recording the event rather than helping.

                Swimming is the language of your body and helping you orient yourself in water space. For this you must understand how your body works and how to use it to help you remain in the water without falling to an oxygen lacking grave or someone else’s. This is the importance of the skill.

What life changing skill can you pick up?

McDonalds with no Burgers and Extra Fries, a Tale for Vegetarians and the like

Recently in government there have been spending cuts but the one of interest here is the spending cut on meat inspectors from the USDA. Not only is this illegal because all of your meat whether you knew it or not has to undergo meat inspection. The only people authorized to do this are federal meat inspectors. The billion dollar meat industry will have to get shut down because of this economic misconduct. The consumer will most definitely be denied the privilege of purchasing USDA approved meat. To make matters even more interesting there will be a sequestration of the meat products that don't get inspected. This matter is still pending and the actions have not been made final.

Don't get me wrong, despite it being lent and no meat on Fridays being the custom to follow. I cannot think of the world without cooked meat. Its almost close but a mere hyperbole to the American consumer a world devoid of oxygen. How are prices being affected? There is no concrete evidence on this. However unemployment sure is to follow, those inspectors have to be laid off and the processing plants have to be shut down.

There is an alternative to this, and that is to formulate imitation meat products from naturally occurring sources such as soy, and seaweed. Ever wondered how a steak made from soy proteins tastes like? Well it can be made all there is to it is to isolate the proteins in soy from the natural source via thermal processing and addition of acid to separate it from the gran. This is then centrifuged or in layman's spun around to separate the whey from the solid protein. The solid and the whey are separated and the solid part is curdled protein. To reform the protein addition of base is necessary to bring the protein structure back together. Steak can be made because the structure can be made in the lab and make the micro-filaments and fibers from the soy source. These can be woven and mimic the real thing. Coloring is added and the two meats look the same. Quality may be different but the flavors can be adjusted to taste like the real thing. Soy steak, yum. How about seaweed? Sounds like an alternative to me.

Now imagine yourself going to the store only to find empty meat aisles. Processed foods and perishable vegetables are at your disposal. How would this impact American dieting? Does this mean the end of the fast food giants for a temporary time or will they adapt and try some seaweed burgers?

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