Essay -- food

Isabella Soteldo


What is the healthiest way to eat?


Introduction
A lot of people especially in the United States always ask themselves many questions about the way they should eat and the things they eat. What am I eating?, How many calories does this have?, what am I suppose to be eating?. The only question they should be asking is what the healthiest way to eat. Meaning what is best for your body. For me the healthiest way a person can eat is not worrying about the food they eat as much as worrying about how they eat it. I feel like the French way of eating is the best way, because they follow a movement called The Slow Food Movement.
Body 1
The Slow Food Movement was founded by Carlo Petrini in 1986. Its purpose, is to inform people, specially in the United States that they should take things slower, try new things, and eat slowly and healthy. (Recognizing that the enjoyment of wholesome food is essential to the pursuit of happiness, Slow Food USA is an educational organization dedicated to stewardship of the land and ecologically sound food production; to the revival of the kitchen and the table as centers of pleasure, culture, and community; to the invigoration and proliferation of regional, seasonal culinary traditions; to the creation of a collaborative, ecologically-oriented, and virtuous globalization; and to living a slower and more harmonious rhythm of life) (www.slowfoodusa.org/abut/index.html).
In the United States, especially in New York City everyone is always in a hurry to do things, and as the phrase goes “Time is Money” that is how most New Yorkers live and have no time to sit down and enjoy a meal with their loved ones, or even by themselves sitting down. In comparison to the way the French people eat, this is unhealthy and for French people who follow the concept of the Slow Food Movement enjoying a meal is not only healthy for your body, but for your mind as well, and not following this is just unacceptable and very unhealthy.

Body 2

Recently there has been a lot of propaganda In the media suggesting that Americans should follow the lead of the Europeans and slow down, especially their eating habits. Unlike the French who enjoy and savor their foods, Americans are deemed to rush through eating and often rely on fatty fast foods to refuel their energy. It has been stated that this way of life results in obesity, which has seen an increase in children.
The French are very familiar with this the Slow Food Movement mentioned earlier movement, because eating slow and spending time with the family is their way of life. Patient eating is essential to the French culture. They take the time to enjoy their food and the conversation that goes along with a meal. They do not know any other way.
Wouldn’t it be nice to relax in bed for a few extra minutes in the morning? To linger over coffee after lunch? To enjoy a relaxed dinner, then amble around the neighborhood? But who has time? With work and family demands, most Americans feel that they barely have a second to slow down, let a lone come to a full stop. Maybe now is the moment to put on the brakes. More and more, researches and psychologists, backed by a growing body of evidence, declare that an accelerating pace in society is hurting our health. In fact, it may be taking years off our lives. “We pay an enormous price in both health and happiness for living in a sped-up world,” says psychiatrist Jeffrey Brantley, director of the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program at Duke Center for Integrative Medicine, in Durham, North Carolina. “Finding time to think, daydream, or simply watch the world go by, the experts say, is important for a healthy mind and body” (Real Simple magazine. Jaret, Peter. Pg. 286 18 April 2006). This is already the way the French live.

Conclusion
In conclusion, the way the French eat is much healthier than the American way, not only for the body, but also for the mind. It should be the way Americans eat, and they should enjoy and savor every moment of their meal, they should also follow The Slow Food Movement.

Questions from class

B.What foods seem healthiest to you?
-fruits
-vegetables
-milk
-things that come from milk(eg. yogurt, cheese,butter,)
-Orange juice
-Natural juices
-Meats (with no hormones)

3 Day Menu

Day 1- Breakfast- 1 egg, Toast, Sausage.
Lunch- Meat and salad(lettuce, carrots)
Dinner- Soup- (chicken, lentil)


Day 2- Breakfast- Arepa with avocado and chicken
Lunch- Chicken (no hormones) with rice, beans and platanos.
Dinner- Honey and Oats bar with apple juice.


Day3 - Breakfast-Toast, eggs, bacon
Lunch- Meat and salad
Dinner- chicken sandwich


What should people eat?
- Healthy food, but also some fats that are necessary for the body, such as cheese and milk.
Also if you are going to eat some junk food you should pick low- calorie snacks such as soy chips or fat free chocolates and sweets

Farmer's market experience

Project introduction to locally Sharp Alpine cheese available
What is it?
-Sharp Alpine cheese is swiss mountain chesse. It is made in summer grass mountains. They come from Hawthorne valley farm.
Who sells it here?
-Matt, but the person who grow's name is Abe. Matt likes his job, because he works 2 days a week, and he likes being outside.
Basics of hoe they grow it?
-they take milk from cows, which is organic, and they have 15 different fields to run around, because the farm is 300 acres. They also run around with cows and pigs. They separate the milk and store it, then they add renate which is like yeast for bread and store it for about a year.
High quality wb links
-http://www.forkandbottle.com/cheese/mastercheese.htm
-http://www.epicurean.com/articles/homage-to-fromage.html
-http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2005/July/27/style/stories/01style.htm

What's in your fridge?

What is in my fridge?
-milk-eggs-hummus-lemonade-left over ribs-white, yellow cheese-lettuce-tomato-bread-spicy sauce-italian salad dressing-mustard-ketchup-water.

What is in your freezer?
-ice