La qualità del cibo. Cosa significa food 'quality'? What does 'healthy eating'? Until a few years ago might have been limited to exclude from the diet, too much sugar, fats, fried foods, carbonated beverages. Now the problem is another: even those who think they eat properly , really does not have this one hundred percent certainty, in the sense that, unfortunately, little is known about how the food arrives on the banks of the great distribution and then on our tables .
Why I decided to write this post?
On days when the show is taking place Internazionale del Gusto (Torino, 21/25 October 2010) is racked my brains in my head thoughts that revolve around the question 'quality of life ', primarily food. Some of the encounters that have made me reflect on the subject, beyond the fact that part of my family has been cultivating the land (for private use, of course, and this allows me to have a direct comparison between food 'organic' and food bought at the super ) have meant that taking a deep interest in me on the issue.
But we say that the main push came to write this article after seeing a documentary American - Food, Inc . of 2008 - precisely on the intended food such as meat and vegetables from large distribution .
Here we talk about farming, livestock filled with antibiotics and fed with corn (in the case of cattle as well as being contrary to nature also leads to harmful consequences for the animal and the man who eats the meat), meat treated with ammonia to be disinfected , soy genetically modified and obviously exploitation of labor.
course, in Italy there is definitely a different situation, the controls are larger, the area is limited so also the size of herds and crops change. But we can be sure of the quality of the food we eat every day?
I mean, we are sure that the tomatoes in December have not been treated with substances that in some way can be harmful to the body?
And then, given the condition as it relates to our planet, you could also reserve a special attention to everything that goes around the food business.
I mean, it's all a matter of 'running economy', but this way we are ruining: bad food, injurious to health; pollution caused by the use of vehicles and factories. How to say 'we hurt, but we have more money'. It 's a reasoning a bit' as fools, do not you think?
It 's also true that the issue is not so simple and it can not be exhausted in a few lines, spitting sentenzine a bit' by radical chic. I would simply
raise an issue, create a question that may give rise to a confrontation with you!
What do you think of this?
What do you say the word short chain, organic, biodynamic, eco-sustainable km zero?
Meanwhile I leave you the link of documentary I mentioned. E '' hard stuff ', so stay tuned.
http://megavideo.com/?v=9Z8V0FVO
For those wishing to investigate the matter bio here's another interesting site
http://www.greenme.it
To people like me here is a super site! (You can find everything, including where to buy slow)
http://www.slowfoodmilano.it
Hoping to receiving comments and ideas to continue the discussion.
Thanks!
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