Stadium Food Crossfire!

 

Stadium food crossfire!

 

 

I was recently at an event that took place inside of a stadium.  This particular event was scheduled to last for at least 8 hours.  I would like to point out this was an outdoor event in July, which where I live is one of the two hottest months.  On this particular day the high was approximately 97 degrees,  multiply that when your sitting in the direct sun light for almost the entire event. 


I did eat before I left for the stadium,  however in an 8 hour period a person simply must have some sort of sustenance.  I am a, "bring your own"  kind of gal, for example I have snuck my own organic popcorn into movie theatres, not just for the price, but for the nutrition value as well.  I pack my lunch when I am unable to run home for a bit during the day,  I always like to have a healthy option available.  When someone is hungry and there are no healthy options available, they tend to make a rash decision, and regret it later. 

Being a vegetarian it is easy to fall into the "junk food vegetarian" role.  They warn you about this in vegetarian school!  I kid!  there is no school, however there is plenty of information out there.  While chips and ding dongs don't have any meat, so it is an easy resort, they also have no nutritional value.  Making healthy choices is somewhat difficult when at a stadium, especially in the states.

As you can see above is an example of a typical stadium food menu.  Absolutely no healthy choices, mostly fried, you can bet genetically modified, astronomically priced food choices.  Per the usual this event was strictly no outside food or beverage.  There went my containers of veggies and fruits I typically bring to places with no healthy options.  I was at the event with my Mom, we both started to get hungry knowing we had no other options for several hours, stuck in the stadium food crossfire we had to eat at the event.  Horrified at the menu, we chose to share an entree where she could eat the meat, and I could eat the side of french fries.  Mind you I rarely eat french fries, but desperate times call for desperate decisions.  At the least I was tied over until I could get home,  at the end of the night even Mom said, "I want real food".

At this point I am thinking, "don't they at least have a banana back there for this girl?" of course they don't.  At this event, they would not even sell a person a cup of ice without putting soda in it, no thank you!  You can keep your corn syrup and I will pay $4.00 for a bottle of unfiltered dasani water, which I am sure has fluoride in it, however that is a completely different story.

I purpose stadiums start to include healthy options.  Although I realize I am maybe in the 5% of event goers who would make the healthy choice,  I would still like the option. 

What I believe would be an even better option is an experiment.  I purpose, some stadium somewhere in the USA switch out all of their bad food for ONLY healthy options.  They could serve, organic grilled meats, baked foods, perhaps a vegetable medley as well as a fresh fruit cup.  They could also switch out all their soda for tea, and fresh squeezed juices.   I am not delusional,  I know that the public would be angry at first, however they would get over it as the night went on, and at the end of it all they would feel better.  

I feel we should force the healthy choice on people,  I don't see the harm, I am always forced to make the unhealthy choice.  At the end I would like to hear how people feel.  Nothing makes a person feel more sluggish than a basket of fried processed food, and corn syrup to wash it down!  

Obesity, cancer, diseases galore, hmmm a connection maybe?!!  Tell America to stop force feeding us junk!  Make the healthy choice, speak up, and above all VOTE WITH YOUR DOLLAR!!