Over the past 5yrs or so Americans have become so health conscious. I remember when fast food restaurants like McDonalds and Burger King were forced to add salads to their menus because of the 'health boom' and even the whole issue of trans-fats being used. It was as if there was going to be an epidemic of obesity.
I noticed that some how this health conscious vibe trickled down into our culture and Jamaicans were trying to avoid certain foods.
What a found to be odd though is an advertisement I was watching the other day on TBS. It was an ad for 'beer' and they made sure to focus on the fact that the beer has X amount of calories and X amount of carbs. And I thought to myself "Dem health concious til dem foooool eeehhh!"
It's as if the ad was saying drink 'ALL' the beer you want and don't worry bout your figure. How much sense that mek?!?!
All this reminds me of a scripture in Timothy that says "For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear." (2 Timothy 4:3 - NIV).
Danah Cameron says "TV has become our Bible!" and it's true. Television has become our conscience but it's only telling us to do what we want to hear.
