Welcome to the blog for Colgate University's interdisciplinary course on food. This is the place to keep up with what students in the course are experiencing in their work at Common Thread Community Farm and through their everyday encounters with food.

Saturday, September 10, 2016

Food Documentary + Clubhouse Love

Hey guys! Right now I'm in the process of watching a food related documentary called "Fed Up". I'm almost finished with it as I'm writing this, so I'll start by talking about what I had for dinner, because I'm really excited about it.
I had Clubhouse for dinner tonight, which is my favorite Hamiltonian place to eat. Specifically, I'm in love with their orange pasta. I think it's officially called "parmesan crusted" or something, you can order it with or without chicken, and it's an orange vodka-type sauce. It's usually covered in parmesan flakes and it's just honestly the best. It also comes with an appetizer salad...the caesar salad is also covered in parmesan. This meal is definitely not for anybody trying to stick to a diet, but I definitely try it at some point.
As far as this documentary, it mostly focuses on the obesity epidemic in the U.S. and how food production companies are navigating the whole "unhealthy food" issue. Many food companies that produce inherently unhealthy foods, such as Coca Cola, have tried to either disguise their products as healthy or partner with health organizations in order to appear concerned. Thus, we have the diet sodas, the "no high fructose corn syrup", the fat free, etc. This documentary argues that sugar is sugar...removing one bad thing in exchange for another does not make a product healthy. Additionally, these companies have begun to create commercials that make them seem health concerned. Whatever the tactic, these methods seem to be working, as these unhealthy products continue to sell. Type II diabetes used to be nonexistent in young people, while today it runs rampant. This younger generation is heavier, makes worse dietary choices, and is presented with the worst food to date. Many of these sorts of documentaries argue a similar point, but it's always good to have a reminder. So here it is, guys, take care of yourselves! Unless you put the ingredients together yourself (and those aren't processed, but actually come out of the ground, etc.), it's probably not great.

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