I am skinny. I just thought I should clear that up before I started this post. I might not be able to understand what I am about to write about, but please bear with me.
I was just surfing for food news and news in general because as far as my Beat Reporting professor knows I am reading news every day(I am as of right now!!!). Anyway back to my googling. I noticed a story about a new iphone application that will actually count your calories by scanning barcodes. After careful reading I am sadly wondering where this world is coming to.
I live in one of the busiest stressed out areas of the country; I know about being busy and not having time for anything. I do though still have time to eat and it really only takes two seconds to look at a label and think, "oh wow that sub was probably enough calories for two meals maybe I shouldn't eat a burger and fries for dinner."
I really have to wonder if people really are this ready to give up all brain functioning in their lives. We already check weather.com before walking outside(just to see how warm it is of course). We cradle our computers and spend more time with them than probably any other inanimate object we own. All I'm saying is, couldn't you spend a couple extra minutes and use your brain instead of letting your iphone do the work.
Thinking and problem solving are some of the keys to a long and healthy life. Eating healthy food is another one of those secrets. Maybe by ignoring the new iphone application and telling Mac that you don't need them to think for you when it comes to your diet, will help you live longer and make healthy eating choices.
Happy Eating!!!
Emily
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Thanks for the honest response! I do think that one of the biggest ways we can make change is for people to individually make their own healthy choices but also for those choices to be available to everyone! (So someone with only $3 on-hand doesn't need to choose $1 hamburger because it's more filling than the $1 apple!)
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