Without food we would all perish, next to air and water it is the most important element to our survival, so why do so many of us not take our diet seriously.
In the producing of wine the wine maker will tell you that you only get out of the bottle what you have put into the bottle, so a good years harvest will produce a fine wine in years to come that will more than likely improve with the passing years.
A poor years harvest will produce an average wine that will not last in the bottle due to the lower quality of grape.
So we are all the same as a bottle of wine, you only get out what you put in.
So if you want to be a bottle of cheap plonk.....then eat and drink rubbish.
If you want to be an exceptional bottle of Chateau Margaux you must look after yourself and watch the quality of what you are eating.
America has a huge problem with obesity , an estimated 97 million adults are obese and also suffer from obesity related illnesses including diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, gout, stroke, physcological problems, some forms of cancer and the list goes on and on.
Anyone who has visited America will always come home and talk about the variety of foods available and the size of the portion.
There are chain restaurants on nearly every street and often more than one, some are names we all know (MC Donald's, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut) allot are names we are not so familiar with, here is a link to a list of chain restaurants....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_restaurant_chains_in_the_United_States
So i guess there is still allot of scope for some of these to come into Ireland.
At the moment we are seeing more restaurants both independent and franchise offering cheap food in large quantities (meal deals, all you can eat etc.)
Its very simple really, the cheaper you offer food and the larger the quantity you give, the lower the quality will be.
If we continue on like we are doing we are going to end up with the obesity epidemic that America has, so now is the time to act.
We are eating and drinking more crap than ever.
We have never had more access to fast food
There is only one way to reverse this and that's to act now and listen and take advice from people who know.
As any good Chef will tell you, the quality, seasonality and freshness of the produce is the most important factor in cooking.
We all need to start hunting down that quality and freshness for ourselves, the rest will follow.
In the producing of wine the wine maker will tell you that you only get out of the bottle what you have put into the bottle, so a good years harvest will produce a fine wine in years to come that will more than likely improve with the passing years.
A poor years harvest will produce an average wine that will not last in the bottle due to the lower quality of grape.
So we are all the same as a bottle of wine, you only get out what you put in.
So if you want to be a bottle of cheap plonk.....then eat and drink rubbish.
If you want to be an exceptional bottle of Chateau Margaux you must look after yourself and watch the quality of what you are eating.
America has a huge problem with obesity , an estimated 97 million adults are obese and also suffer from obesity related illnesses including diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, gout, stroke, physcological problems, some forms of cancer and the list goes on and on.
Anyone who has visited America will always come home and talk about the variety of foods available and the size of the portion.
There are chain restaurants on nearly every street and often more than one, some are names we all know (MC Donald's, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut) allot are names we are not so familiar with, here is a link to a list of chain restaurants....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_restaurant_chains_in_the_United_States
So i guess there is still allot of scope for some of these to come into Ireland.
At the moment we are seeing more restaurants both independent and franchise offering cheap food in large quantities (meal deals, all you can eat etc.)
Its very simple really, the cheaper you offer food and the larger the quantity you give, the lower the quality will be.
If we continue on like we are doing we are going to end up with the obesity epidemic that America has, so now is the time to act.
We are eating and drinking more crap than ever.
We have never had more access to fast food
There is only one way to reverse this and that's to act now and listen and take advice from people who know.
As any good Chef will tell you, the quality, seasonality and freshness of the produce is the most important factor in cooking.
We all need to start hunting down that quality and freshness for ourselves, the rest will follow.
