In the prehistoric age humans gain their food through hunting and harvesting from nature directly. The way of consumption was only eating raw food.
Once the human mind more advanced, the breeding and plant cultivation began. The way of food consumption also developed to simple cooking like burning food.
In the end, after human life standard become more advance, the cooking processes become more complicated. Many artificial ingredients and chemical additives added to the food for satisfy the human's taste.
The industrial revolution penetrated many areas of life , including the food production process . Ranging from cultivation to the presentation at the dinner table experienced extraordinary development .
It turns out that all the processes that affect the quality of the food and ultimately affects the human body as the end of the meal it boils . The process of genetic modify in the production of plants / animals , the many times ripening process , the addition of chemical additives for the purpose of preservation , coloring , the addition of artificial flavors and so were known precisely to degrade the quality of food and even then known to cause various diseases , which in turn lowers the quality of human health .
This is the background to the movement pattern of natural food, which is considered healthier . The experts then examine and formulate that naturally grown foods ( organic ) better than plants grown with the adding of chemical fertilizers or pesticides . Animals raised naturally better than genetically modified . Less processed food is better than multi-processed foods.
Now days, the trend to consume unprocessed food (raw food ) is considered to be healthier because there are no vitamins , minerals and vital substances are damaged by exposure to heat during the cooking process . Wow ... back to the days when food processing technology was undiscovered, eh? :)
Halal Foods
In Islamic perspectives , the foods, beside must qualify of healthy and undamaging the human's body, is must be qualify of the halal. As Allah has set in the Quran, Al Baqara (2), verse 168 and 172.
So for muslims, the two conditions must be fulfilled, their foods must be "Halal and Healthy".
Any reasons? Yes, from the various studies known that diet has important influence to the development of healthy body and mind.
People who are accustomed to choose only the halal foods will grow as careful, honest and pure personality.
while the people who used to get only the healthy foods will be protected from various diseases, their performance are always good, and look ageless, also will be protected from emotional disorders that turned out to be caused by metabolic disorders due to unhealthy foods ( and un-halal foods).
So be careful . Choose only Halal and Healthy foods! In order to keep fit of your body and too keep of your body's cells stay young , and to keep beauty of your personality .
