You Are What You Eat

In my eyes food is everything. There is a saying that we are what we eat. What do you eat…? Food brings people together; people can make a profession of it, it makes people feel really good, and on top of all it keeps us, as humans, alive. Real food is everything positive, if it is not abused. It’s all the senses combined. You can taste food; you can touch it, smell it, hear it, and of course see it. My mom owns a restaurant. So that is one of my other reasons why food is a really large portion of my life. 

 My mom, Jennifer, owns a restaurant in Old Town Scottsdale, the Mandala Tearoom. It’s an all organic and vegan restaurant, tearoom, and elixir bar.

 Organic is now a rarity of most food in the modern world because the food industries have been consumed in greed and money. They want to produce larger portions and more quantities, so they grow with chemicals to keep bugs and insects off.  Produce is sprayed with pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. Dairy cows, pigs and chickens are injected with growth hormones and antibiotics. Some even genetically modify which is controversial to how it affects our health. I don’t think people are meant to eat chemicals. Organic is the most pure of foods and it tastes 100 times better.

 I my self am neither vegan nor vegetarian. But, I fully believe and understand the mental and physical reasons why people follow this life style. Some people believe that it is not moral to eat another leaving creature, some people believe in eating really healthy, and some are just allergic to a certain range of foods so they decide to just become vegan or vegetarian. There are different classifications of Vegetarianism. Some eat some fish, eggs, or dairy once in a while for protein. Veganism is the most rigid life style. To be vegan means to not eat any animal products at all. That includes; red meat, pork, chicken, fish, and all animal products such as cheese, milk, butter, and eggs. The strictest of vegans do not use leather or even eat honey, because in fact it is an animal product.

 Even though you may not think that organic is better for your health, or that it is tastier, it is proven that the chemicals, pesticides, hormones, synthetic fertilizers, and mass meat production harm the farmers, the land, the water supply, the ozone, and mother earth.  

Diego