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Everybody knows that you are what you eat -- that what you consume doesn\'t only affect your wallet and your consciousness, but also your health and well-being.
Yet what you eat also impacts the world around you, and touches us all. The food we eat influences the environment around us, the air we breathe, the water we drink, the fields...
Here are two paramedics working on a businessman whose vital signs are absent. He has a soft drink in his hand and a bag of fast food beside him. The business man had a heart attack from clogged arteries. He has been eating junk for a long time and he’s very young as well. This suggests that heart attacks due to poor lifestyle choices can happen...
Studying will make you hungry. So what is your choice when it comes to something to eat? Students, like this one, are often found in coffee shops reading. With so little time to spare, it’s usually hard to make good food choices when you’re not prepared. This student has brought a package of cranberries as a snack, showing it’s possible to avoid...
Students are normally on low budgets, and food is somewhere down in the priority list for most, so as much as we may want to eat good, healthy, organic food... we can't afford it! Are these prices always fair? Are companies taking advantage of their 'uniqueness' to overprice?
Thanks to Vanessa for this photo!
While the fresh potatoes are presented to customers with pride and sincerity, the farmer who brought them is not as enthusiastic when it comes to personal sustenance. Though they are seemingly surrounded by fresh food, farmers don't always have the privilege of affording their own produce.
Thanks to Nikita for this photo!
The CD cover bears a warning label. Consumers are warned against the “unhealthy” content of the music, but not the “unhealthy” contents of the food items. It is difficult to always keep track of the healthiness of food items. It would be great if companies were forced to warn consumers. Warnings would decrease profit and with no outside pressure...
Due to the busy environment that surrounds all of us, particularly in the city of Toronto, time is always an issue and one of the ways to save time is by sacrificing our health and consuming heavy amounts of fast food, which is always available all over the city. Next time you find yourself in the subway, look around to see if you find some...