Food is a necessity in life. In making the right choices, we can have a healthy life. Sadly, America is not making those healthy choices. Contrary to our education and information about junk food, the fast food industry is still ever growing to this day. The fast food industry in America is an excellently funded, well-oiled machine that will not stop until we make better choices as consumers. Big business is winning, profits are garnered but unfortunately Americans are losing years of their lives
loved to go out and have a dinner from a fast food restraint. We would love to go to Mc Donald's or some other fast food restaurant. Being youthful, we did not comprehend what we were eating. We did not see every one of the things they put into our food. As we got more established, we began to comprehend what is in those meals. We began to see that individuals that eat a great deal of fast food tend to have childhood obesity. Taking a gander at some fast food restaurants children's menu, there are
literature on the causes of food poisoning is full of euphemisms and dry scientific terms: coliform levels, aerobic plate counts, sorbitol, MacConkey agar, and so on. Behind them lies a simple explanation for why eating a hamburger can now make you seriously ill: There is shit in the meat.” ― Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal According to Morgan Spurlock's documentary Super Size Me, one in every four Americans visits a fast food restaurant each day. America
A fast food meal may not be so simple after all considering the ingredients that go into a meal. We aren’t fully aware of what all the ingredients are in our food. We just see either a short or a long list of words that is just scientific jargon to us. We do become more concerned of what we are eating if there is a long endless list of contents. One ingredient that we all know if high fructose corn syrup. There are high amounts of it in our fast food which explains why we can get so addicted to fast
The Dangers of Fast Foods Food industries trick him/her into buying their food by using words that sound healthier. A word like ‘‘natural’’ sound better, but is still a chemical made in a lab. Fast foods are not completely honest with the ingredients they use. We eat foods that say fat-free but fat hasn't been the problem with weight gain it is sugar. Food Industries use more sugar or sweetener to make food taste better when they remove fat. The fat-free product causes the consumer to eat more because
The amount of caloric intake from fast food has been a concern to American people. Everyday, thousand of people, especially children and adolescent, consume a huge amount of calories from fast food. Seeing this as a problem that should be concerned, Allison Aubrey comes up with her article “About A Third Of U.S. Kids And Teens Ate Fast Food Today” based on the report of CDC called “Caloric Intake From Fast Food Among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 2011-2012”, to show the amount of
Obesity is a major food epidemic. This food epidemic has become so global that it is a leading death cause in America. Many Americans have vouched for a sedentary lifestyle due to their unhealthy eating habits. What they do not realize is the unhealthy food choices that they make now will affect them in the future. The food industry is a major contributor to this. The food industry is affecting the health of future generations due to how easy it is for people to access and their over consumption
easier option, however fast food is actually quite bad for a person’s health. Fast food is food that can be prepared quickly and is sold in food establishments as a “take out meal”. However, at what cost is this fast food prepared? Most fast is a greasy mess that is just convenient because people are busy and don’t have the time to prepare a home cooked meal. The benefits of fast food is merely convenience and nothing more. There isn’t a “healthy” fast food because healthier food options take time to
drastically? Due to a rising percentage in obesity, a tax on foods high in processed sugars that, while seemingly restrictive, would be beneficial for the financial and physical health of citizens and the state. Counter argument A- If a tax was placed on foods with high percentages on processed sugars, the food industry and government would profit no matter what. EL- Between expensive healthy foods and inexpensive unhealthier foods, the food industry and government makes some big bucks. One can imagine
Throughout the years, fast food is becoming more and more of an outlet for many people that are short on change, in a rush but still need to grab a bite to eat, or even who are just too lazy to cook a meal. Fast food is very cheap, yet when we eat it we don’t necessarily realize the price we pay when we are starting to gain weight. Who is to blame? The person that is addicted to fast food, or the fast food restaurants? I agree fast food is cheap, yet delicious. I understand that it may get addicting