The Pros And Cons Of Eating Well

Defining what is eating well is more complex than just its association with health. In fact, the notion of eating well, or how do we eat well can be approached from various perspective. King (2007) argued that the definition of eating well could be addressed not only from the nutritional aspect but also from the aesthetic and moral perspective. From the perspective of morality, eating well implies as a sustainable eating practice, where the sustainability means ‘meeting the human needs without compromising the ability of future generation of people to meet their needs’ (King, 2007). Similarly, Paxson (2013) argued that eating well embraces both ‘being well in health and being good morally’ (Paxson, 2013). The understanding of ‘good’ way to eat will be the basic guide of the practices towards food and how to eat better (Davies, 2014). As an arising issue, food waste is often failed to be taken into deeper consideration. Bloom (2011) considered food waste as a callous conduct of moral. Accordingly, food waste represents the praxis contrasting to the concept of eating well. In fact, what is believed as waste is generated from the whole food system, from the production to …show more content…
With the expanded perspective of waste, the hidden potentials of the ingredients will emerge. The new potentials will implicitly give the ‘waste’ a new value. With this value, what is considered as ‘waste’ will shift back to the category of acceptable and valuable source of food. This practice indicates the respect towards the ingredients. By showing the respect to the ingredients and food that is bought, not only the waste problem is solved, but also it portrays the sustainable eating practices which leads to ‘sustainable provision of food’ (Lehman, 2013). This practice of sustainability exemplifies the praxis of how do we eat well referring to the definition of eating well by King