This Is Me Maria

For winter quarter I am taking a nutrition class. They shoved us right in by starting us off watching Super Size Me. If you haven’t seen this, you need to see it. I have new found motivation to resume my anti-fast food kick. My husband and children are not thrilled but the longer we can ward off things like liver failure, obesity, diabetes and colonoscopies - the better.

The thing that struck me the most was how much companies like the golden arches target and groom children to be lifetime consumers of their products. They do a good job of explaining that in the documentary. That part made me cry.

I stumbled across the entire Super Size Me film online so you can check it out.

So far the class is teaching me the reasons behind a lot of the things most of us already know. Just as with my biology class, the more I learn about the human body and how it works, the easier it is to make better decisions. Just as I said in my personal blog the other day:

“Be Cool. Stay in School!”

-maria