Hunting and Gathering, the good, the bad, and the ugly. We all have our favorite foods, likely a McDonald’s Big Mac Burger, or perhaps, Subways Original Sub. But have you ever wondered, what’s in the food you eat? Or where it came from? If it’s even real food? My guess is, no. No, because, truth is, we don’t want to know. We don’t want to know, that by eating the food we do, we’re the very people causing pollution. We don’t want to know, that the animal who gave its life so you could enjoy your unnaturally juicy burger, in the comfort car, has been physically abused. We neglect to see our food, not as food, but as living creatures, as animals who feel pain. We want to be oblivious. But right now, I ask you to open your eyes, to see what has
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Now we’re simply too intelligent and modernized to kill our own food. We’re even too cutting-edge to even eat food anymore, we can create it in labs! What fun! So yes, let continue shopping at target, buying our favorite highly processed, GMO, Pesticide grown food, because it tastes good and it’s cheap. But isn’t there a better way? A way to eat without frantically checking every label to see if it’s FDA approved organic? Yes. Hunting and Gathering. Turns out our ancestors actually did know a thing or two. By killing and foraging for your own food, not only will you finally be part of the circle of life, but you’ll also be eating food that’s never even heard of pesticides. Hunters are also likely to have superb health: low blood pressure; no inflammation; ideal levels of insulin, glucose, cholesterol, and triglycerides, due to the physical strain of hunting and gathering and healthy eating. And though it's still skilled intensive it’s also less labor intensive, which with our current 40 hour work week, we could really use. Hunters and Gatherers used to enjoy the luxuries of a 17 hour work week! They were also free of always relying on someone else. They were
Now we’re simply too intelligent and modernized to kill our own food. We’re even too cutting-edge to even eat food anymore, we can create it in labs! What fun! So yes, let continue shopping at target, buying our favorite highly processed, GMO, Pesticide grown food, because it tastes good and it’s cheap. But isn’t there a better way? A way to eat without frantically checking every label to see if it’s FDA approved organic? Yes. Hunting and Gathering. Turns out our ancestors actually did know a thing or two. By killing and foraging for your own food, not only will you finally be part of the circle of life, but you’ll also be eating food that’s never even heard of pesticides. Hunters are also likely to have superb health: low blood pressure; no inflammation; ideal levels of insulin, glucose, cholesterol, and triglycerides, due to the physical strain of hunting and gathering and healthy eating. And though it's still skilled intensive it’s also less labor intensive, which with our current 40 hour work week, we could really use. Hunters and Gatherers used to enjoy the luxuries of a 17 hour work week! They were also free of always relying on someone else. They were