Gluttony Formation Experiment

In the article “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food”, the writer Michael Moss mentioned that growing weight problem happened in America has become a major health crisis issue. While people are talking about obesity, they care more about how much sugar, salt and fat they consume during a day, which kind of processed food does harm to their body. It seems that food companies have an inalienable relationship with consumers’ health conditions, because they provide us with what we eat. These companies made their food taste better (putting sugar, salt and fat in product) for attracting more customers, and also tried to protect their individual customers from the “obesity epidemic”, which is named by Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Moss, 260), without losing market share. It put them a moral judgment of creating food that customers like or be good to customers’ health. However, another writer Ethan Watters describe a story in his article “The Mega-Marketing of Depression in Japan” that in the market of the depressant drug in Japan, pharmaceutical companies faced a dilemma. They found it so hard to construct a Western-view concept of “depression” among a large-scale demographic of Japanese people, to contribute to their mental health problem, and to make a profit for sure. In the former case, food companies applied multiple marketing strategies to collective demographics to create more individuals’ desire of consumption, while they were striving to protect

"In case you're feeling denied by your eating routine, form in a cheat feast in any event once every week in which you can enjoy righteous. Doing this will enable you to abstain from survey certain sustenances

After reading "The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food," one thing became very clear to me. Big brand name companies don't care about your health in any way shape or form. The only thing that sparks their interest is money and how they can make more of it. Don't you dare go in to one of those companies and try to change their food formulas to something more health conscious, because you'll either get shot down or fired. Personally I believe companies should not be able to market junk food without restrictions. For example, large junk food manufacturers like to push the marketing of their products in poorer areas of America. They know that if the product is tasty, convenient, and inexpensive that no one really

Nutrition has an important role in meeting the body’s physical requirements as well as social, cultural and psychological needs (Holmes, 2011). For many, food is closely related to family and culture (Holmes, 2011). Strong connections exist among memory and emotion in regards to food (Holmes, 2011). Often times, certain rituals involving eating are more meaningful than the food itself (Holmes, 2011). Holmes (2011) suggests, “food may signify prosperity, health, strength, or love, or be seen as a form of sharing and caring, instilling feelings of belonging in the sense of family and social events” (p. 32). Daily activities are usually planned to incorporate meal times (Holmes, 2011). Subsequently, to remove eating out of one’s daily routine can lead to a lack of structure in one’s life. Inability to eat can lead to seclusion from events involving food can lead to feelings of isolation and disconnection from loved ones (Holmes, 2011). Therefore, it is important for one to be able to participate in meals in order to avoid depressive symptoms, which may cause a further decrease in appetite (Holmes, 2011). Nutritional support can relieve symptoms including fatigue, depression, and social detachment, as well as decrease the risk of developing infections and pressure ulcers, among other potential complications (Holmes, 2011). Prevention of malnutrition is easier than reversal (Holmes, 2011). In any case, it is important to respect

To eat, to nourish one’s self is an act that is essential for human life. What could cause more pain in this life than to deny one’s self sustenance? The practice of fasting,

Gluttony is the worst of seven Deadly sins, because it impacts a person health self-image, and greed. Rather the other six lust, greed , pride ,envy, and sloth just impacts one adjective of a person being. Gluttony the over indulgence and over consumption of anything to the point of waste. Gluttony impacts a person health in major ways. If a person is living to eat, health problems does come with this habit of over excessive eating. Such as diabetes, heart diseases, kidney failure and sleep apnea gaining. all of these health problems can lead to a quicker death. Gluttony affects your health rather than people around you. If others see you reach the worst state in health all they can do is try to help you stop eating. Gluttony impacts a person’s

Self-control is the ability to subdue our impulses in order to achieve longer-term goals rather than responding to immediate impulses. Instead we plan, evaluate and often avoid doing things we'll regret later. The ability to exert self-control is typically called willpower, which allows us to direct our attention toward goals. And, therefore, it underlies all kinds of achievement.

This could be because of the relative short duration of the study. However, it could also be because nutrition information was provided to participants, but they were not encouraged to change the foods they eat. Mindfulness was used as an intervention to reduce overall calories consumed due to over-eating, thus providing portion control. However, there was no indicated change in the nutritional quality of foods consumed. This study was less about what people were eating and more about how they

People can not survive without consuming food which is a vital part of the human’s life; they get benefits from food which gives them strength and continues life. The demand increasing on food caused the growth of the number of the food industries who provide products for people. It’s common knowledge that the food industry is a business which seeks profits at first. According to the article “The Pleasures of Eating”, the author Wendell Berry who “is among the first public’s attention to industrialized farming and the ethical and environmental problems of our system of producing food”(36), says that the food industrialists persuade people to consume foods which are already processed, and “they will grow, deliver, and cook your food and beg you to eat ... Because they have found no profitable way to do so”(37). Wendell also claims that the food industry’s “overriding concerns are not quality and health, but volume and price”(39). Nowadays, many food

recently, an alternative theory of feeding and hunger has emerged: the positive-incentive theory this is based on the idea that we eat because eating is pleasurable, rather than to satisfy some setpoint for glucose or fat. When good food is present we will eat…regardless of whether we actually need the food or not. Hunger is determined by many factors including taste, previous experience with a food, time since your last meal, who you are eating with, etc. Current Research on Biopsychology of Eating

A well-prepared dinner at the family table was a staple of my childhood. Arriving home from a long day at school, I could always expect my mother to soon make her way to the kitchen to begin her, as she called it, “second job.” College life and all of its responsibilities, however, have flipped my expectations of my day-to-day eating experiences. Keeping a log of when and why I am eating has opened my eyes to the reality of food no longer being a priority in my life. I eat when I can afford the time as other obligations take my focus. Food has also mostly lost its human qualities. I now feel as if I am merely consuming to allow myself to continue functioning as opposed to enjoying food for its quality or savoring a social aspect.

The theory behind mindless eating does not appear to be a diet. It is a change in how we perceive eating. A diet restricts calories, increases exercise, and has the dieter journaling; however, typical diets do not focus on changing mental behavior or self-talk. Dr. Brian Wansink suggests we should change our external influences. His research has proven permanent weight-loss is achieved through changing the mind and then the body changes follow. Our society in general is fast-paced and our eating falls into being fast-paced as well.

In the fast-paced world of our modern society, it is fair to say that gluttony is one of the easiest sins to commit, consciously or not, within our daily lives. Just think about how many pounds of unnecessary food that you consumed this week, or how many unnecessary objects and gadgets that you have inside your home. In his second book of his famed Divine Comedy, Purgatorio, Dante explains that the root problem within the sin of gluttony and those who commit it comes from the fact that their love is misguided; they have excessive love for their earthly possessions rather than having a corrected excess love that looks toward God.

All you end up doing is creating a never ending vicious cycle. Trying to stop food cravings, giving in, blaming, trying to stop, giving in, feeling guilty.

Mac Evilly C and Kelly C. Meeting report on 'Inclination and Food '. Nourishment Bulletin 26 (no 4), December 2001.