Strawberry/Avalanche.

I am absolutely craving strawberries right now. If I had strawberries right now I could eat them all day. On the sports channel I was watching the tennis and between plays the players would somehow manage to down a bunch of bananas, a punnet of strawberries and two bottles of blue and red. That sounds like the ultimate energy smoothie to me. Jealous. Heck yes.

Funny though, that is, the way people acquire energy. Everyone knows that in order to 'gain' energy you consume food. And everyone likes food. But perhaps, something our bodies undoubtedly need is protein. But does anyone know how much we need and what it does to our bodies?

I definitely didn't know. And being my curious self I asked my good friend Google.

Actually, lets start from my biology textbook. Yes, I still have it, and no, it wasn't thrown into flames.

Firstly, from the top of my head, I remember that proteins are made from amino acids. And these amino acids cannot be created in the body, hence we must obtain them from the consumption of food.

I remember going out to eat with the extended family at a half-fancy restaurant. No-one had to order because the host, an Uncle, had done it for everyone. Oh, I thought, you are so wonderful, you know exactly what I want. And to such an extent you don't have to ask twenty-odd people what they wanted. Considerate. Not.

Turns out what we all got was steak.

Every started to dig in as if they were just let out of jail or something. I stared at mine, picked up a knife a fork, and cut a segment. Blood poured out of it. I never thought I would be so terrified.

'Mum,' I whispered. 'I don't think this is cooked thoroughly.'
'Be polite and eat it,' she replied. 'It's full of protein.'

I looked at her.

'You need a haircut,' she said.

I looked back down at my plate of protein. I stabbed my fork into it as politely as I could and started to cut. To my disgust, the closer I got towards the center, the more bloody it got. It was basically a cow massacre on my plate with a chainsaw.

'Hope everyone is enjoying the venison,' my Uncle said.

I didn't think it was possible. But my eyes grew even wider, if they went any wider my eyeballs would fall out. Venison, that means it was Bambi, I couldn't eat Bambi. I told myself I wouldn't eat out with my family again. Unless it was pizza or something along those lines.

After some time on Google, I noticed every website told me that meat was the best single food that provided protein. Yet, after this experience at the restaurant I don't think I could trust any animal products.

I was now curious about other ways to obtain large amounts of energy, which was what I searched on Google. Turns out there is something call 'Essence of Chicken'. After some quick reading I found out that whole chickens were placed in this room or something where they turn the temperature up so much that the chicken don't cook, they melt. They melt. What? I thought the only thing that could melt was ice cubes and ice creams. A chicken can melt? I was terrified. Apparently, having a shot of this 'Essence of Chicken', which was black, would provide the same amount of energy as eating three whole chickens.

Wow, that is a lot of chicken. Imagine three squirming chickens in your mouth and you swallowing it. Excuse me, but that is freaking disgusting.

Okay, so after you have read above I hope you know that this world is crazy. You can never trust food. Be sure to read the ingredients and nutritional information before you consume anything boys and girls. But there is a cure for this spreading disease. If you see the words 'vegetarian/vegan suitable' you're in luck.

Maybe you could try consuming more plant-based foods, such as legumes and pulses. Things like soy beans are not only rich in protein, but magnesium, phosphorous, zinc, and Vitamin B. But most importantly, when you dig a fork into it, it doesn't squirt blood at you.

Now, I could go into the whole 'global' aspect, but this blog is about me, yes, I'm self-centered. But there are some things you should notice. Acres upon acres of forest are cleared each year to allow expansion of farms or roads. And in these forests, who knows, there could be a cure for cancer, or a natural anti-depressant.

I would like both of those things.