Grocery Store Madness!

     This past Friday, I made a run to the Shop "n" Save in Rochester. During my travels inside the store, I made a rather frightening discovery. Most of the fruits and vegetables cost more than the junk food slathered throughout the store. I actually compared the prices of Little Debbie Zebra Cakes  to the prices for pineapple, grapes, apples, and bagged salads.

     All of the healthier foods were pricey in comparison to these cakes, potatoe chips, and candy bars. As if it isn't already difficult to eat healthy foods, people have to have echoing wallets as well? I always thought there were no negatives to eating healthy! Organic foods are even more expensive. Because of this I only buy organic foods on sale.
    
     All I can truly say is that I hope to find a well-paying job upon my graduation because I am going to need a substantial amount of money to pay for healthy eating habbits! Instead of Buggs Bunny pulling out a carrot from the ground, the animators should have considered giving him dollar bills to eat instead. Don't worry Buggs! I hear the paper which dollars are made from provide a good source of roughage!

To Illustrate my point even more here is a link:
http://www.uicc.org/general-news/chronic-diseases-poor-find-unhealthy-choices-are-cheaper

Sugar is Deadly

     This is the first blog I have ever written, so I figured I would talk about something that I consider quite annoying. While sitting in Penn State Beaver's game room, yesterday, I came across an episode of Dr. OZ. The theme of his show was the deadliest food in the household. Oz said that sugar was linked to almost all health problems, Americans commonly struggle with, such as, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, etc. This episode left me a little concerned. Diabetes runs in my family and my own father is a type 1 diabetic.

     I realize that my chances of becoming a diabetic are increased, and that sugar is terrible for people, but my kitchen is filled with sugary foods. Besides that, almost all foods contain some form of sugar. On top of this, I think I may be addicted to soda. People commonly find me with a Dr. Pepper in my hand, but lately I have found ways to limit my sugar intake.
    
     I'm not actually cutting soda out of my diet, but I have cut my soda drinking drastically. I now limit myself to one bottle-a-day. I only break this limit when I study, because soda keeps me awake. Hopefully,  cutting back on the sweets will allow me to avoid diabetes at a later age. I truly hope this works, since I can't completely rid myself of Dr. Pepper.