Buffets,
smorgasbord,
all you can eat...
traditionally practiced by the Chinese,
made popular in Las Vegas,
adapted by the Filipinos...
buffets,
gives the impression of affluence,
abundance of resources,
unlimited food supply...
people stuff themselves...
they say what is wrong with that,
they have the money,
they have the time,
they have the expandable waistlines...
i say,
buffets endanger our health,
buffets endanger our planet...
how can buffets endanger our health?
simple, unlimited food...
unlimited sweet, salty, fatty and fried food,
unlimited chances for the metabolic syndrome-
high blood glucose, high cholesterol,
high blood pressure, large waistline ....
the result- obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes,
stroke and kidney failure...
how can buffets endanger our planet?
simple, unlimited food...
unlimited meat, vegetables, fruits, grain, juices
mostly thrown away...
but to meet the demand and
to increase food production:
steroids, growth hormones, pesticides,
the result- denudation of forests as grazing land,
mono-cropping, destruction of mangroves,
overfishing....
most of all,
the disparity in access to food is scandalous,
while more than a billion of the world's population
die of malnutrition and hunger;
others are wastefully lulling at the buffet table,
binging on unhealthy food,
unknowingly killing the planet
and most of all,
killing themselves...
let's wake up,
the world is beset by so many complex problems,
but the solutions are embarrassingly simple...
one simple solution,
stop eating at buffets
save yourself,
save the planet...
Every year 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted annually (this is 1/3 of the world's food production). a portion of the waste is coming from buffet meals.
