Mcdonald's: Fast Food Or Mad Cow Disease?

It’s because of these actions that the consumers are getting ill. The pathogen E. coli 0157:H7 has been one of the primary pathogens that have gotten people sick due to the meat prepared for fast food restaurants. Schlosser continues to describe how the fast food industry is harming consumers with E. coli 0157:H7 and other food pathogens, “But the rise of huge feedlots, slaughterhouses, and hamburger grinders seem to have provided the means for this pathogen to become widely dispersed in the nation’s food supply. American meat production has never been so centralized: thirteen large packing houses now slaughter most of the beef consumed in the United States. The meat-packing system that arose to supply the nation’s fast food chains—an industry molded to serve their needs, to provide massive amounts of uniform ground beef so that all of McDonald’s hamburgers would taste the same—has proved to be an extremely efficient system for spreading disease” (196) The foodborne pathogens are carried into the meat because of the method the meat is handled. These pathogens are carried by “healthy” animals. The food that is contaminated has probably come in contact with a diseased animal’s digestive system or manure during slaughter and food treating. The fast food industry is ultimately serving customers food that has come in contact with fecal matter which leads to nationwide

Fast food has quickly managed to imprint itself on American culture. The greasy, unhealthy form of empty calories has infiltrated into the homes of many, including my own. In my younger days, my parents often took me out and treated me to french fries and chicken nuggets. It had become a tradition to go to McDonald’s every week. This poor eating pattern has now led to my family having a special fondness for the fast food chain, just as McDonald’s strives for.

McDonald’s is killing Americans, at least that is what Morgan Spurlock believes. In his documentary Super Size Me he embarks on a quest to not only describe and use himself as an example of the growing obesity trend, but to offer the viewers with base-line nutritional knowledge that will allow them to draw their own informed conclusions. Spurlock's primary intention is to prove through self-experimentation that eating solely McDonald's food is dangerous. His secondary intention is to denounce the rising obesity rate in American by using statistics, his own research, and the opinions of experts. His broader message is for a general audience while he tailors select chapters towards more specific demographics such as parents or McDonald's

The New York Times bestseller Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal is one of the most riveting books to come out about fast food restaurants to date (Schlosser, 2004). Fast food consumption has become a way of life for many in the United States as well as many other countries in the world. The author Eric Schlosser an investigative reporter whose impeccable researching and bold interviewing captures the true essence of the immense impact that fast food restaurants are having in America (2004). Beginning with McDonald’s, the first fast food restaurant, which opened on April 15, 1955 in Des Plaines, Illinois to current trends of making fast food a global realization McDonald’s has paved the way for many fast food

The meat inside of these fast food meals are also injected with preservative that allows it to stay “eatable” for a longer period of time. In other words the consumer might be eating 10 year old meat. These fast food industry is working with teenagers and uneducated adults lacking training in the proper food handling and hygiene. Fast food is responsible for the obesity in the United States as well as the other countries that have accepted fast food as part of their everyday diet. As I was watching Schlosser’s documentary of “Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal” I am leaning toward his research. I agree one-hundred percent that the fast food industry is responsible for the change there is on the meat production in America. Fast food causes severe obesity and those who support it only care about the amount of money being brought in by this fast selling high calorie meal. Fast food consists of nothing but pure fats, there is a low percentage of nutrition, but yet people love to consume these

Throughout the tens of years, many people have been suffering from obesity, usually prior to eating food served from fast food restaurants. One of these restaurants is McDonald's, a massive food industry. Continuing from that, your must be shocked how McDonald's was constantly sued for a rumor of how the food they served caused the obesity of many children and teens. However,Morgan Spurlock, an American documentary filmmaker, decided to film an experiment so he would be able to answer a common question, “is fast food really all that bad?.”

The food economy in America has gone through numerous and substantial changes during the past couple decades. The changes, although economically beneficial for America as a whole, are becoming a detriment to the health of our society. Perhaps the biggest innovation is the rise of fast food culture. The mass fast food monopoly is growing more and more every day, and with the aid of the government in forms of subsidies, the food culture of the United States is being run by big business. “Corporate enterprises” are “moving in to take advantage of” the American food market (Campbell). This shift in the food economy has come to be accepted as the norm, and so the average American consumer is being exposed to the dangers of fast food. Americans are finding it harder and harder to eat healthy. Fast food is causing diseases and deaths to skyrocket, and the happiness level of America is plummeting, all because of ignorance and the greed of big business.

In contemporary American society, the issue of fast food is a contentious one since the fast food culture significantly underlies the country’s obesity crisis. The obesity problem is not as a result of Americans’ lack of self-control, but, it is the toxic food environment; the numerous strops of fast food restaurants along roadways, as well as the barrage of pizza and burger advertising on media. The first thing that comes to mind at the thought of fast food is oily, greasy, and unhealthy food, yet most Americans consume fast food on a frequent basis. According to Murray (33) there are over three hundred thousand different fast food restaurants in America, the renowned ones being Burger King, Popeye’s, Subway, McDonalds, Wendy’s, and so forth.

Have you ever wanted to adjust to a more healthy diet and change your lifestyle, but realized that healthier food was quite expensive compared to fast food, regular groceries, etc.? Well, that is the problem for millions in the United States. Obesity has become a large epidemic in the United States, but some people don’t necessarily have much of an option to not eat all of the foods that contribute to obesity. A lot of people complain about the obesity and overweight problems in the United States, but still actions are not being taken in order to make sure that everyone has the right to access healthier foods no matter their income. People should not have to pay extra amounts of money just to live a healthier lifestyle. In the film Food, Inc., directed by Robert Kenner and released in 2008, the problem in which fast food is consumed so much more than healthier food is addressed. In a part of the film, it is stated how McDonald’s created the cheap, fast, and easy method in which fast food became. Fast food is cheap for low income families, less time consuming for busy families, and easy since there is only a certain amount of food items on the menu.

The “McEthics” case describes how Mc Donald’s, the fast food industry’s market leader, faces charges concerning growing health problems in Europe and Asia.

Hospital food is not known to be delicious, until McDonald’s becomes that food; that’s right, hospitals contain some of the thousands of McDonald’s franchises found worldwide. This is a prime factor to why the United States has become the fattest country in the world. Consumers are quick to blame the government or perhaps their own self-control with food, but they are overlooking who is perhaps the biggest culprit in the obesity epidemic: processed food franchise owners. Franchise owners are at fault for causing the epidemic because of the excessive alteration of their food, their “food education” diplomacy that has normalized eating out multiple times a week, and its effect on public opinion using lobbyists.

Mc.Donalds has cruel ways of serving and getting food that is unhealthy. McDonalds is responsible for countless animal deaths. Millions of acres of land in poor countries are dedicated to getting food for McDonalds. If you eat their Mc.Chicken nuggets, you're eating 940 calories alone!

One major argument made by the blog post is that McDonalds is in fact healthy. Smith actively defends this point of view, “What is “the cheapest, most nutritious and bountiful food that has ever existed in human history” Hint: It has 390 calories. It contains 23g, or half a daily serving of protein, plus 7% of daily fiber, 20% of daily calcium and so on” (Smith). Smith is highlighting the positive attributes of the McDouble cheeseburger, arguing that it gives you a lot of bang for your buck. The opposing view, held by Gongloff is that there is much more to that, “The sandwich, found at one of the 14,000 McDonald’s restaurants that ornament the American landscape offers 390 calories, 23 grams of protein, along with some minerals and, I don’t know, grease…” (Gongloff). Gongloff is pointing out that the seemingly high nutritional value of the McDouble is superficial, that what comes along with the calories and proteins

Unlimited, endless, fast food choices, and yet there are two that stand out above the rest. McDonald’s and Burger King are the two biggest burger fast food chains in the world. So let me ask you this, who has a better menu? Who’s Cheaper? And which one is healthier? This debate will once and for all come to an end, once all of these points have been met throughout my paper. McDonald’s vs. Burger King has been a long running argument. You will finally come to realize that McDonald’s is the better choice for you.

Obesity is probably the most significant issue facing the McDonald’s Company today. The corporation has been severally blamed for the menace due to its wide range of junk foods. As the world’s largest fast food company, it has become a target of most health related films such as Super Size Me. This is because the public blames the company for failing to give nutritional information concerning the items on its menu (Baron, 2010).