Monday, April 12, 2010

My thoughts About Drugs and Alcohol in the culinary industry

Drugs and alcohol are among the most addictive activities of people today In almost every career field especially in the culinary art world because even in the cooking business, alcohol is one of the most required ingredients in a lot of dishes today which is added to the recipe in order to enhance excitement in the taste of the food. Drugs and alcohol is general known to be mostly responsible for automobile accident especially among young people between the ages of 15 to 24 years which also lead to premature deaths. Focusing on alcohol, even though alcohol is a required ingredient in the work of the culinary world, it is not good for the culinary artist to involve him or herself into alcohol because there are a lot of problems alcohol can cause to an individual and lead to ineffectiveness in the cooking business and can even cause termination of employment. When a person consumes alcohol, the drug acts on nerve cells deep in the brain. In this situation, the alcohol acts as a stimulant, and then it induces the feelings of relaxation and reduced anxiety. This also makes his blood level raise by0.10 percent high enough to be considered legally intoxicated in every state in America. When this happens there are some symptoms that are observed. A person in the culinary world intoxicated with alcohol will cause some distraction at the workplace with some alcohol smelling breath, loss of balance, slowed thinking which will cause him not to complete tasks as fast as he should. There are also some slurred and incoherent speeches as he talks and might be inappropriate for people to hear. In severe cases there can be blackouts where the individual might collapse in the middle of cooking.
Apart from alcohol, there are other drugs like heroin, marijuana, cocaine, and even minor drugs found in beverages like caffeine and nicotine from cigarettes also have a great negative effect o the human body. They mainly have effects on the nervous system which causes a lot of dysfunction on the brain. This leads to unacceptable behavior and this cannot be tolerated in the culinary field since every field stands on discipline. I absolutely think that alcohol and drugs are not good for the human body and any influence to these drugs should definitely not be tolerated in the cooking business in order to enhance discipline and produce good, healthy and hard working culinary artists to serve the community.

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