So a close friend of mine let me borrow a book titled (excuse the language) "Skinny Bitches." It's not what you think; it's just a book about what foods are good for you and what actually goes into things such as pasteurized milk and cheese; even what they are spraying on your fruits and vegetables and what you need to stay healthy. It even gives you a list of what these antibiotics and things such as high fructose corn syrup does to your body.
But what is even more crazy is that it explains that the government knows what these harmful pesticides and ingredients do to your body over time. One chapter made me cry. (And if you know me, I don't cry very often...I think the last time I really cried was when I sang for the last time at Hillcrest). Anyways, that chapter literally made me sick because of how unsanitary all this stuff that they are doing actually is. So sick that foods I loved yesterday are disgusting to even think about today. I was speechless when I finished reading this book.
The thing is that I have nothing wrong with eating a huge juicy steak or hamburger (as long as it's not fast food) and my personal favorite, pork. And it's not even that these pigs and cows are slaughtered (I mean what other way would you kill an animal?). But it was the fact of what these animals are fed and live in that made my mind start turning circles.
The authors interviewed EVERY SINGLE slaughter house in the country. And EVERY SINGLE one of them admitted that these animal and buildings that they were kept in, were in fact unsanitary. But because they are employees, they have to listen to what there boss says. Here's just a few examples:
Chickens, which are not only fed hormones to make them grow exceptionally large, are crammed into chicken houses and basically live on top of one another. That means they dwell in there own feces and sometimes their own blood for days or weeks at a time. (so other chickens eat and peck at dead chickens and their feces for days at a time. Nice) Not only that but most of these buildings and factories that they are processed in house thousands of rats and lacucarachas (cockroaches). When these chickens fall off the line to be processed, they land in the cockroaches and rats and die. But that's not all. Workers are MADE to go retrieve the chickens (that are dead and may have been dead for days and are swarming with roaches mind you) and send them down the line, even though they are already dead and not safe to eat. All so they have another chicken to sell. All for money. Have you ever wondered why we are seeing little 11 year old girls running around looking like they are 17?? Hormones. Wonder why younger people are now dying from cancer and blod clots and other bacteria?? It's what's found in your food, and chickens are just one example. (oh yeah, they also throw useless chicks into a dumpster. They don't even have the decensy to just go ahead and kill them. They toss, like you would a baseball, these chickens into a dumpster). That is just so sanitary.
But you may argue that we've been eating this stuff for years!!?? Well actually, no, we haven't. In 1994 a law was passed allowing these mass producers to use chemicals and hormones, etc in the chicken and other meats. Thus starting the cramming and the unsanitary housing because chickens were producing chickens so rapidly, cramming the chicken houses and factories so much that they can't keep track of what's good or bad. So ever since then we have been eating crap, and the government knows this.
The same goes for cows and hogs, but you don't want me to type that story out. It's even more disturbing than the chickens. (just think of rocket fuel and other metals and ask if you would like to put those in your digestive track??)
So lets get on the dairy subject. Milk that is pasteurized isn't done like my first grade teacher taught me. It is no longer done the old fashion way unless you get it from a local small farmer/farm, and even then, because it is made for calves to drink, not humans, it has to be cleaned because we would get super sick. So cows utters are hooked to metal tubes (that they never clean out) and cows are given some kind of hormone to produce massive amounts of it, which isn't natural. (for more concrete facts get the book. It's unreal) Some of this milk clogs up and some of it is even puss. Yes, that is disgusting and very hard for me to type but it's true. So that's what we are drinking when we drink the oh-so-safe pasturized milk. Great. This same milk is also in cheese, yogurt, ice cream, yada yada. Wonderful. This is a problem for me because I LOVE cheese. Every kind of cheese. I haven't found a bad one yet and I have probably tasted over 50 kinds of cheese because of the restaurant I used to work in. If it's anything I can't get away from it's cheese. So what am I going to do??
It doesn't even end there. To mass produce our fruits and vegetables that you think are so healthy, they also infest these GROWN and NATURAL products as well, all so they can be billionaires...because these people are rich. This effects not only raw fruits and veggies but soups, potato chips, juices, UGH!!! This part of the book was so frustrating because at this point I was thinking "What the crap am I supposed to eat now...???"
So, obviously, this book gives you a solution and it's not an easy one. Veganism. I know, I know. It sucks. But now the milk I tried to drink the other day just didn't taste the same. Neither did that yogurt. Or my turkey sandwich. So I have made a conscious decision as to what I will put in my mouth.
I'm starting with dairy. Milk first. No I'm not going to throw away all the yogurt and DanActive and cheese that I have in my fridge. I'm going to eat it, because then that will just be wasting good money unless one of you want to come take it off my hands. But I was already out of milk so I've started by switching over to Silk Soy Milk. And I promise you, if you drank this stuff you will NEVER go back to regular milk. It's so good!! And they even have it in Vanilla and Chocolate. So that's my first switch. Then after I eat all the yogurt and the DanActive's I am going to get soy yogurt and ice cream, which also tastes just the same.
As far as meat goes, there is meat you can by from a local farmers market that has not been infested and is actually good for you (okay so I won't be a total vegan because I will be eating animal products) but these won't be the ones with all the hormones in them either. So it's MUCH more safe. The same goes for the fruits and veggies, they are just organic. Plus, it helps out your local farmers, who btw, are doing things the right way. (some fruits and veggies are okay to by non-organic. You can tell if they have thick skin, like watermelon, pineapple, onions, corn(not in the can), broccoli, tomatoes, etc. But things that can get soft eventually like apples, pears, strawberries, grapes, celery, are infested, so buy organic). But I just can't bring myself to totally quit eating meat, because I love it too much.
So you may think I am going a little bit over board...but what's so wrong with buying the natural organic fruits and veggies? And the naturally raised cattle, pigs and chickens? At least we know they aren't being tortured and they live good and healthy and happy lives. I am a total believer that those animals were put on this earth for us to eat. But not to be tortured and toyed with. As far as dairy though, you can't get around it. Soy products and organic cheese is the only way around it and can be found if you are willing to look. Oh and sodas, which I already don't drink this is just FYI, contain some of the same stuff that makes people addicted to heroine. And diet coke is even worse (just read the book; i promise you will change what you put into your mouth). I guess from now on I'm just going with "If God didn't make it, I'm not going to eat it (and I already know your argument and milk and cheese is in fact processed, pasturised and man-made). And Splenda? Sweet and Low?? Nope. Totally bad and unsanitary. It even went to the supreme court to ban but because they were all friends with the companies creator they let that one slide and the public never heard about it. Sweet. We are so informed.
It's going to be hard and no, I'm not gonna go all vegetarian on you because meat, when consumed sporadically, is the only way we can get the vitamin B-12 unless you take supplements. I'm just not going to eat meat EVERY SINGLE DAY. Plus I just love sushi too much (but fish generally aren't tortured and processed, just skinned and cleaned, and if we didn't eat them the sea would be crammed with them).
It's going to be a change but at least it will be a healthy one. Plus I've been wanting to cleanse myself for a while. So this will be my detoxification. Haha. But this book also is very helpful, and tells you what carbs are actually good carbs and has a list of vitamins and where we can get them from naturally. So it's very helpful and very informative. (But there is a bit of derogatory language in the book, so don't let your kid read it. It is VERY blunt and straight forward and sometimes even graphic. But it's the truth ( I just would have used some different choice of words.)
And it's not about being thin. It's about being healthy. And healthy does mean slimmer, no matter the body type. But becoming even thinner isn't my goal. My goal is to become healthy. Because I'm kind of not. I may look it, but I eat the same crap everyone else does. That's the real reason why I'm doing this, along with an exercise routine 6 days a week.
So I would love to hear feedback, from those of you who have read and haven't read the book. I like the comments. Just don't be rude or ignorant or judgmental. I'm not so you shouldn't be either. Also, no ugly language please :)
