| Modern food (especially modern American | | | | that. Not only for myself, but for my |
| Food) is usually not the most healthy | | | | wife and family. |
| for our bodies. As a modern society, | | | | For the vast majority of my life, I had |
| advertising and convenience has | | | | the impression that eating healthy had |
| convinced us that eating anything we'd | | | | to come at the expense of a variety of |
| like is O.K. | | | | things that I enjoyed about food. Most |
| While in moderation they can be | | | | of which was the taste and presentation |
| acceptable, American's have taken eating | | | | of the food I ate. Secondly, as part of |
| to an extreme art form that rivals | | | | this modern globalized world, the |
| anything else in known history. American | | | | attraction of "…grabbing something to |
| obesity is at an all time high, and | | | | eat on the way home" was practically a |
| obesity in our kids has ballooned to an | | | | weekly if not every other day ritual. |
| epidemic proportion. | | | | Sometimes this was due to necessity, but |
| I was one of those obese Americans. | | | | most of the time it was out of laziness. |
| While not grossly overweight, I did | | | | I am on a journey. A journey to prove |
| represent the vast majority of Americans | | | | myself wrong about how eating healthy |
| that probably need to drop about 10 to | | | | can be inexpensive, just as convenient |
| 15 pounds to achieve a healthy level. As | | | | as fast food, and have as good if not |
| a result, my blood pressure was high as | | | | better taste than foods I had enjoyed |
| well as my cholesterol. However, also | | | | previously. |
| like most Americans, I decided to change | | | | Here's to cooking for your health! |