In this post, I will write from a argumentative stand point for Food Matters. I will also write about my side of argument for the movie. Food Matters is a documentary that goes into detail for a novice about the constant harm we introduce into our bodies by the food we eat, and how we make it. It highlights ways we can naturally cure ourselves from many of the major causes of death, such as heart disease, just by eating well. Food Matters also describes, in my opinion, the constant misconduct of hospitals in their methods of handling care. Major point that stuck out to me was the claim that over 250,000 people will die from adverse side of drugs. The even more alarming part of this claim is that most of these adverse reactions will not be from overdosing or underdosing on the product, it will just be from doctors not knowing exactly how a specific drug will interact with a person's body chemistry. They only really know what it is supposed to do. Despite knowing this, don't ever expect these methods of operations to ever change. There are billions of dollars at stake because how expensive these toxins are and the vast majority of Americans use at least one drug. "A pill for every ill", as the saying goes. Now back to food and another claim the movie made that truly disturbed me. Most people are aware that a lot of fruits, vegetables, or just about anything we can eat, (or should know) are covered in substances that make them grow faster, and wards off bugs. These however, are toxins. It is virtually impossible to get foods that haven't been partially treated with these pesticides. A common myth that I hear a lot is that you can just wash the toxins away. However, people don't comprehend that some of these rations have been genetically method because of these chemicals. The chemicals have been embedded in the very DNA of these foods, so washing does absolutely nothing. I totally agree with the opinion of the movie. In fact, watching the movie made me truly question what I was going to school for. My whole purpose in school is to get a career that pays well while being able to truly help people. After watching the movie, I became enlightened, in a sense. To further elaborate, I have nothing against most doctors themselves personally. This is what they were taught and this is what they were taught in school that really helps and heals people. I appreciate the sincere doctors. But they are, in a lot of elements, sincerely wrong. Their whole approach of how to treat medicine is misguided. They focus too much on the medicine and not the person's habitats that are actually taking the medicine. A lot of their methods cure the symptoms, but is the problem that are causing the symptoms cured? This is the perpetual cycle that the pharmaceutical world wants us to get into unfortunately. You start with one pill and once that side effects of that pill takes place, they'll prescribe you with another pill to stop the stypmtoms of the other pill until you are taking 12 pills to start your day and personally I hate pills and I feel that is no way to live. Where does it end? Only when the patient dies, by some miracle miraculously gets cured, or they come to the realization that this treatment is not working. The 3 questions that come to mind from watching the movie are:
1. How the food we eat affects our mind and body?
2. What are the true reasons behind the United States ban on nutritional therapy?
3. When will be able to provide nutritious food that is cheap?
1. How the food we eat affects our mind and body?
2. What are the true reasons behind the United States ban on nutritional therapy?
3. When will be able to provide nutritious food that is cheap?