{"id":332,"date":"2017-07-14T04:15:15","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T04:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/?p=332"},"modified":"2017-07-14T04:19:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T04:19:09","slug":"what-we-eat-affects-the-world-around-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/what-we-eat-affects-the-world-around-us\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Eat Affects the World Around Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-334 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/food-300x147.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/food-300x147.jpg 300w, http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/food.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">(Source: https:\/\/www.parenthub.com.au)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The meat industry has continuously grown into a highly commercialized one. In fact, it is amazing that the cruelty continues to be treated as a norm as animals are harvested just to satiate human desires. The Anthropocene makes a good point in theorizing the trend of global impact, especially based on human growth and human behavior. One of the more important considerations in human behavior is food consumption. We are a species that consume a lot and because of that, we demand a lot as well. The majority of humanity has specific needs and these include the abundant carbs, proteins, and other dietary aspects that we continually seek. The problem with these demands is that many animals are sacrificed. People continue to seek the comfort of animal produce and animal meat to satiate their needs, and this has caused a continuous cycle of suffering. The meat-centric diet has many bad effects, such as heightened levels of cholesterol which can lead to many health complications, so why allow such a diet to continue? Many animals are sacrificed and as a result, human conditions are also affected.<br \/>\nThe world is shaped because of these needs, influencing the world through our actions. Ecosystems have been tweaked to adapt to human needs, with the increase of poultry, pork, and cattle because of the selfish desire of people to attain whatever they want at any cost. This is not natural, and hence, it is something to think about. People have been modifying the world around us because of personal gain, and this requires redefinition. Our habits have resulted into unhealthy conditions and we have introduced the pang of problems which include obesity, heart disease, and other issues &#8212; all because of our desire to mass produce meat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; (Source: https:\/\/www.parenthub.com.au) The meat industry has continuously grown into a highly commercialized one. In fact, it is amazing that the cruelty continues to be treated as a norm as animals are harvested just to satiate human desires. The Anthropocene makes a good point in theorizing the trend of global impact, especially based on human growth and human behavior. One&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/what-we-eat-affects-the-world-around-us\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,17,21,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-anthropocene","category-consumption","category-food-movements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":341,"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions\/341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}