My FAV Movie of 2009 is....

FOOD INC.

This is the movie that anyone involved in the health industry has been dying to come out- when it did we all expelled a massive sigh of relief! This movie was done brilliantly, it is educational, shocking, sad, dramatic and gory, everything Hollywood places on a pedestal when making a film.

This film rocks because it will change the way you make choices- if it doesn't you need to watch it again, because you didn't get the message! You need to make better choices!

Food Inc. exposes the the billion dollar food industry and shines the spotlight on those who are affected by it- you, me, our planet, our animals, our water supply, the farmers, even our food. We, as consumers of capable of demanding what we want of the industry, we have the power, we hold the dollar, how we use it is a commitment to what we will or will not buy, it is a vote! Every time you pick up a box of chicken breasts from your grocer, you are making a statement about yourself- what you stand for, who you support, what your value systems are. Oh yes, all that can be said from a box of chicken, trust me!!!

As a Holistic Nutritionist I have a "Top 5 Must Change" for every client, it's one of those things that applies to everyone regardless of their current health status. One of those things is eat ORGANIC, and the number one thing I hear back in response is, "ohh but it's so expensive in comparison to conventional". My response speech is always, always the same: Well so is Coke and Pepsi, $2 a bottle, Lays Chips are what like $4 a bag now, ice cream is $9 a tub, a bag of Oreo's is $5 a bag, and yet they are multi million dollar industries that people buy into and don't have any thoughts of leaving from their shopping carts. These "foods" which cost us more then a bag of organic apples are not staple items, they are items we add because we like to have them in our cupboards, they are our "go to foods". But why not leave the pop, the chips, the ice cream and the cookies behind? We don't need them to survive, in fact our survival would be more prominent without those items. SO we put them back on the shelf, instantly we end up with an extra $20 just from removing the junk- that would buy you a lot of organic fruit and vegetables which are actually sustaining your survival instead of depleting it. And when everyone start making these choices to support local organic farms, the price will come down even further! The power of the dollar, the ever powerful consumer dollar really does have the ability to change the world.

I feel like this movie is a powerful wake up call to all of us, even as someone who is in the health industry I learned a lot. I think we can all gain to watch this movie and pass the message along to those we care about and love.

Do yourself and your family and watch Food Inc. Let me hear your comments. I have hope that this movie could be the beginning of a breakthrough in how we view everything related to food,

Enjoy