Food Stereotypes And Health Condition

 

      I have been interested in food stereotypes. This is because I believe that food stereotype is directly related to people's health condition. In addition, I saw a lot of my family members who had suffered from diseases caused by wrong diet. This is the reason why I am going to write about food stereotype for my final English writing.

     I think there are many factors which cause food stereotypes such as gender, race, etc. The main purpose of this writing is I want to analyze diet from different races and how it affects their family's health condition. For example, European and Asian do have different diet for their meal. However, men have less life span than women regardless of their race. This will be because even if they have different types of meal  they might be sharing similar food ingredients. I guess one of the reason would be gender. Regardless of their race, men might prefer meat type food and women might prefer vegetables type and this would be one of the factors causing health condition. In addition, depending on the main cook for the family it would also affect other family member's health condition. Because the diet for a family would change by the main cook. Thus for this writing, I am going to research on different gender food from many countries(I am planning to divide it to European, Asian, and American) and what types of ingredients the food include and how the ingredients affect our health. 

    I am going to post a website which would give more idea about this topic. This is a quote from that website, "If I suggest making a dinner of spaghetti squash tossed with veggies, I get looked at like I’m a crazy person. Dinner includes meat. Always. My husband is a true “guy’s guy” when it comes to food and it’s made me realize that the stereotypes I see in the media are pretty darn accurate in real life. This shows us the food and gender stereotype. And this finally would affect health condition. Try this website for more information.
http://thebigmansworld.com/2013/12/05/food-and-gender-stereotypes/       

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Old Saying, "Kitchen Is Only For Women"

    

     Today I want to talk about gender binary in the kitchen. Who cooks for you when you are hungry? your mother? your father? I guess the answer would be by yourself. The world has changed. There used to be a gender binary because the men had to go out to work so women were always in charge of cooking. However what about now? As the world entered 21st century, the society also wants women to come out of their kitchen and work just like men. 

     According to an article Why still 26% of US Women Still Choose Not To Work  by Annalyn Kurtz, in 1950, only 37% of women ages 25-54 participated in the labor force. The number rose rapidly, climbing to 74% by 1990. Even if 26% still doesn't work however it is a great improvement compare to 1950s. This shows that now a lot of women have a job like men. For example, that statistic could be explained with my case. My grandmother was born in 1941. When I went to my grandmother's house she hated when my father was in the kitchen. She made my mother and aunt to do all the cooking stuffs. However, my mother is different from her. She always give me and my sister the same amount of works in the kitchen. The world has changed and so did the culture. People who talk about gender inequality in kitchen is still thinking that it is still 1950s. We can see a lot of cases in our daily life. We see a boyfriend cooking for his girlfriend and we also see how our mothers and fathers cook together and how happy they look. It is not 2014 and now it is different from 1950s.  
     

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When You Think It Is Late, It Is Too Late.

Killing our children with antibiotic.

       We have been addicted to antibiotic. In most of food we eat, antibiotic is used for treatment of infections and to promotes the growth of livestock. It also helps to intensify animal farming. However, it seems like as it intensifies animal farming more and more it kills our children worse and worse.    

       "Children who were born in 2000 might be the first generation to have the shorter lifespan than their parents" This is a part of Ann Cooper's speech. A lot of countries such as Denmark, Germany, New Zealand and South Korea have banned the use of antibiotics because it's negative aspects outweigh the positive aspects. However, a group of people who try to take advantages and benefits from this issue is always a problem. The president of the National Pork Producer claims that the risk of antibiotics in human is very low and there are no scientific that proves it.  

        In my entire life, I have seen a lot of food issues like that. However, there are always two groups which are against and for the issue. It is natural to have two groups. However, it must be stopped if the issue is about our health. It is not the matter of whether we have scientific results that prove it. According to Minnesota Health Department, using antibiotic might increase resistance in foodborne bacteria which can then infect humans. In addition Ann Cooper also claimed that children will be infected by colon bacterium because of antibiotics and this disease will be incurable once we get it. Those two research might not be 100% scientifically proved. But if we have at least 0.1% of getting it we should stop it. There are a lot of incurable diseases in the world. Nothing will be changed even if we regret it later. It will be too late when we think it is late. We should prevent it. 

This is Ann Cooper's video and she also provides about school lunch problems we are facing.

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The piece of memory

     Today I am going to introduce a reality cooking show "Masterchef Australia".
What do you think is food? I am quite sure that the majority of people just consider food as something which provide us nutrients. Even I thought like that but Episode 52nd in Masterchef Australia Season 6 changed my thought about it. 

     In 52nd Episode, 4 cooks were required to make a special dish by using one of 4 sensory perceptions which were smell, sound sight, and touch. Surprisingly, 3 out of 4 cooks made a dish which was related to their past(memory). To be more specific, I will talk about a cook named Jamie. Jamie presented green tea-cure salmon with smell of smoke by burning small amounts of woods and fire crackling sound. He related this dish with his memory. Jamie went to  the top of mountain with his friends for skateboarding and skiing and they all sat next to fire for dinner. He explained that the way he presented this dish and the smell of this dish reminded him of his past memory. In addition, before the judges try his dish he said "As you get through with the dish, lift this(it was a container which was full of wood smoke inside) then it should bring you back to sitting next to the fire". I just felt as if the dish would work as a time machine which would bring all the judges back to the past just like a cartoon. The angle of camera also made me feel that he was reminiscing his past. The camera zoomed in his face when judges were having his dish and his face was expressing some kind of longing. In addition, the way he presented his dish made the situation vividly like burning some woods to make smoke and make the judges feel as if they were actually sitting right next to the fire. In that episode, his dish was just more than a food, it was a time machine which brings us back to past memory.         

     I wrote about this topic in English class essay. As world entered the 21st century people have become more busy with their life and have no time to cook. It is good to live competitive. But I think we should have some memory which we can think of after we got old. Once the time passes, it will never come back to you in your life. What would be the difference between us and robots if we just have same routine of life everyday? and what would be left to us after we have lost irreplaceable part of our life which can't be bought with money.

<<I have also uploaded short part of video of Masterchef Australia which I was talking about!! Enjoy!>> 

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