Freedom To Eat Analysis

In today's society we live among a diverse set of people. With this diversity, comes many different cultures, religions and traditions, which can be classified as a person’s way of life, including the way how they eat. In many articles by various authors, they show how a person of a particular set group of people specify what they do and do not eat. In Daren Bakst's article “Government Control of Your Diet: Threats to “Freedom to Eat” he shows how that no one should be involved in something as private as our diet, in Penny Hammond's article “Religious dietary guidelines and restrictions” she lists the different types of religions and their traditional diets, and in Stef Daniels article “ Should Government Have Control Over Our Diets” he demonstrates …show more content…
Interference with this is an invasion of privacy in their life. In the article, Bakst states, “The government should not intervene in the most basic and private aspects of our lives.” Bakst believes a person’s diet should be their own preference and believes it is one of the part of their life that should not be tampered with by those of the public. This belief shows that an individual is in charge of what he or she eats and no one should have authority in these consumptions. There should be no violation of this privacy and not even the government must have access to …show more content…
She uses the most important dietary rules of each religion to show how they are different. According to the article she states, “Rastafarians are permitted to eat foods that are cooked lightly. Meats are not eaten, canned goods are avoided, and there are some restrictions on seafood.” In Rastafarianism, even the food has to be cooked for a certain amount of time. These permissions are not given by the government as they just only try to please majority of the people. Satisfying only the majority still obstructs religions as they are forced to provide for themselves as if receiving no help from the