Refrigerator Assignment

The Contents of my Fridge:
Carrot Juice, (organic) fat free milk, soy dream, salad, chicken breast, pea soup, beer, worcester sauce, four containers of salsa, (trader joe's) hot sauce and dijon mustard, chocolate syrup, teriyaki sauce, grapefruit juice, organic eggs, strawberries, tortillas, hummus, assorted soups, white wine, earth balance butter substitute, assorted veggies, apples, oranges, ketchup, an entire fridge wall of condiments, boca burgers, starbuck's coffee grounds, potato pancakes, organic mixed grain bread.

Half of my fridge is consistently stocked with fresh fruits and veggies. About one fourth is filled with condiments, some still there even after years and years of being left unused; why we do this, because they help to remind us of the past. The remaining fourth of my fridge is usually filled with meat, food from curly's or other such edibles.

When most of us think about the American way of eating McDonald's and fast food are the first things that come to mind. While this may be the way the majority of Americans eat it is most certainly not the only way. As far as I can tell, there are four different types of eaters; There are those who overeat and willingly shove anything backed with nutrition facts into their mouths (some of them don't even need nutrition facts). Right now America is the fattest country on the planet so I think it would be safe to assume that over-eaters are plentiful here. There are those who eat properly and attempt to maintain a healthy diet with little to no man-made edibles included. They control their portions as opposed to the American way of eating which is pretty much stuff your face until you can stuff no longer. There are those with eating disorders (ie: Anorexia, Bulemia, etc); every culture that has experienced something resembling an industrial revolution has them. They have manipulated their diet to fit their incredibly small pant size. There are revolutionary eaters; people who try to make a statement with how they eat. And of course, there are people with food allergies, but, as it is not their decision to eat that way, it doesn't speak for their outlook which is key in the American way of eating.

Most of the food in my fridge is organic.

I guess one could say that we have the fridge of an upper/middle class, white, American family. I wouldn't call my family health conscious; both my mother and father are overweight, and my little brother recently went from 200 lbs to 130 in matter of 8 months by becoming a vegan. My diet consists mostly of fruits and vegetables with large amounts of soy courtesy of my father who owns a vegan/vegetarian restaurant. Most people would call my brother and I healthy. I, however, would beg to differ.

Being vegan isn't as healthy as your typical American would think; all vitamins and nutrients found in meat and animal products are perfectly substitutable via vitamin but in my experience with them, they seldom take them unless a large problem arises. Having been, a vegan I know of the many problems that come with this extreme diet. I experienced fatigue, weakness, and exhaustion and my brother is currently anemic. Before he became vegan he was a die hard carnivore and could barely eat a meal without it containing some sort of meat. In hopes of satisfying his carnivorous bloodlust he eats soy meat, an adequate substitution. But because soy is an iron absorption inhibitor he has fallen prey to his diet.





Thats all for now folks...