It's all unhealthy

Last night my father in law told us he read an article about the brand of juice boxes the kids drink. He told us how because they are the ones with less carbs that to make it have less carbs they use sweet n low instead of actually sugar to make it "healthier". I'm not a fan of giving the kids juice boxes but when you look at the big picture there really isn't anything out there that's good for them.

 

Juice has sugar and is concentrated and preservatives that aren't good for them. Meat has growth hormones from the animals they come from. Crops have been sprayed with pesticides. Bottled water isn't good because it may not actually be purified and the plastic they keep it in isn't safe especially if heated. Tap water isn't good for them because they put chemicals in the water to keep it clean. Plus any drugs that are in someone's system when they use the toilet go into the water supply and is re-filtered back into the community. Yes its a small trace of drugs that you would be getting but its still there.

 

Our air has been polluted from cars and factories pumping chemicals into them. Lots of our household products have poisons chemicals. Toys and other objects have led in them. Even going outside and going into the water can be dangerous because of bacteria, bugs outside carry diseases. I mean is there really anything out there that is safe for us?

 

I've thought about growing my own garden, which I intend to do very soon but I have to fertilize it don't I? Where am I going to get "clean" fertilizer? Is there even such a thing anymore? We talk about clean eating but is there really such a thing as clean eating? Is there really anything out there that's "healthy" for us? It seems to me that everywhere we look things are labeled organic but really how organic can anything in this world we have created be? How can anything be clean when everything is being polluted? How do we keep ourselves from all of this pollution if its everywhere?

 

I mean the fish in California has now been found contaminated from the radiation leek across the globe! Nothing is safe anymore. So does it really make sense to try and eat really healthy if really there isn't much we can do to prevent the toxins we take in on a daily basis anyways? What's a few extra chemicals in the body?

 

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of clean eating but really that's all it is. It's an idea. Its something that was put out there to make you think things are getting better. But in reality no matter where you go or what you eat or drink somehow there is toxins in everything. Maybe one day we will somehow find a way to be a cleaner society but as of right now I doubt that could ever happen. So I say what the hell. Let the kids enjoy their juice boxes and chicken nuggets. I can try to shove healthier food down their throats but there's only so much battling about food I can take in a day.