The Heath Documentary, Hungry For Change

Proper nutrition is important in maintaining a long and healthy life. Most Americans are rushed due to their busy work schedules, and do not take the time to plan their diets properly. Like me, most Americans are unaware of the importance of eating a healthy diet and consume too many foods without the proper nutrients. Throughout my life I have been fortunate. I have not had any major health problems, and have been able to consume most foods without having to worry about gaining weight. These last two years, however, I started to gain weight and have become concerned with my diet. Changing my poor eating habits has been difficult for me, however, having this assignment has taught me that it is not as difficult as I previously

By showing evidence through personal accounts and video the audience gets the feeling that everything the documentary says should be taken as facts. The doctors and nutritionists talk about how unhealthy the school lunches are as the viewer sees the lunches, this allows the people watching the film to realize that this is fact and lunches kids are eating are extremely unhealthy.

we can relearn which foods are healthy, develop simple ways to moderate our appetites, and return eating to its proper context. I picked this movie because of its title. In life and through social media I am constantly being exposed to the concept that certain foods are “bad”

Improving the health conditions of the American population ensures the increased quality of life. People eat for various reasons with the fundamental reason being for survival purposes. However, the issue of eating to live and living to eat affects people in different manners as most people develop poor eating habits that affect the body’s nutritional intake and affects their health. Being healthy involves careful considerations of what one is eating and engaging in activities that contribute to better healthy lives that do not imply daily prescriptions or

“Unhappy Meals” written by Michael Pollan covers the unknown links between diet and our health. When reading the text, paragraphs 40 through 44 affected me the most. It had me think about how some surveys could be unreliable to due unrealistic questions used in the given survey. Previous to reading the article, I had assumed that information given to me about diets, especially the Western types, was correct. While reading the article I began to suspect that my previous assumptions were wrong. The results of this realization had lead me to be more open minded about new information. I began to take in that maybe surveys were not one size fits all. Pollan wrote this article to be persuasive. However, in my opinion, Pollan could benefit from changing

The diet can replace medicine and treatments, taking away money from doctors. A person following the diet will also need fewer checkups. Doctors earn quite a bit of money, but if they endorse a lifestyle that makes their services unnecessary they lose large portions of their income. The documentary uses these arguments to show that even though some professionals will say the diet isn’t healthy, they are just doing so to protect themselves. This plays to viewers emotions, making them feel betrayed and like they can’t trust their doctors or the U.S.D.A.

The beginning of the documentary discusses fast food to all food. In this section a history of the fast food industry is provided. The documentary further discusses how the fast food industry has transformed what people eat. In addition it debates the farming practices and the whole global food system. According to Pollan and

The food we eat and how it impacts our day is a substantial part of being a human being. Food is very effective in a vast majority of ways and can impact a person variously in negative and positive ways. The food we eat is definitely linked to the healthiness and lifestyle that we acquire. In “Escape from the Western Diet”, by Michael Pollan and “Food as Thought: Resisting the Moralization of Eating” by Mary Maxfield, to the very interesting point of views are sought out, and I am firmly behind one of them. One author believes that the food we eat is an extreme determining factor in how our lives are lived, and the other believes the food we consume has no actual impact on the well being of human lives.

According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) (2011), Healthy People has changed during the three decades of its existence. The mission of Healthy People 2020 is to: Determine healthcare priorities; Arrange for objectives and goals to be attainable at all levels; Classify research evaluation and data collection requirements; Increase community awareness and knowledge concerning healthy habits, illness, disability, and opportunities for advancement; in addition, Engage various divisions to strengthen guidelines and advance practices by using understanding and evidence-based practices.

The three films all outline different points. ‘That Sugar Film’ explains to the audience how infectious sugar is to the body and the importance of reading food labels. ‘Forks over Knifes’ is a little bit similar. This film educates viewers how changing an animal based diet to a plant based diet can decrease the risks of diseases such as diabetes and cancer. ‘Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead’ explores how juicing for 60 days can lower health risks and really have an impact on lifestyle change. In each film, a main subject was recognized. These 3 people were an integral feature in the film and played an important role in explaining the educational purposes. The stars include; Joe Cross featuring in ‘Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead’, Damon Gameua in ‘That Sugar Film’ and in ‘Forks over Knifes’, Lee Fulkerson was the main subject. Dr Lederman, Dr Campbell, Dr Esselstyn, Dr Crowe were also featured in ‘Forks over Knifes’ as experts. ‘That Sugar Film’

Throughout the film, there are two main focuses. These are ‘a Western diet is unhealthy’ and ‘a whole-foods, plant-based diet is the solution.’ Understanding the contextual meaning is critical to dissecting the rhetorical devices because otherwise the intent of the documentary’s creators would be hidden. Dividing instances of ethos, logos, and pathos into the two focuses allows for a clear explanation of each. Through separation, one can focus on purpose and effectiveness.

The rise of health concerns continues to proliferate throughout the country from increasing obesity rates to the astonishing number of our population with high blood pressure or diabetes. It’s enough to make anyone want to second-guess everything they eat and put in into their bodies. We ask our doctor’s, and ourselves “what can be done?” Eat right, and exercise. Those are the parameters for maintaining a healthy life. So it’s only natural that across the board we’ve got numerous exercise programs to help you lose weight fast or build lean muscle. Then we’ve got every diet under the sun, the no carb diet, high protein diet and all juice diets. Through research we can find and utilize programs and healthy habits that we can practice

The phrase “ you are what you eat” has been used for centuries. The healthier your food the healthier you can be. However, as time goes on, I hope this phrase is no longer true. The documentary Food Inc. shows our food and what farm fresh really means; things are not always what they seem. The documentary is dark and gruesome in the way it displays our food and what goes into making it, but it also opens our eyes to the world of production and similarly what we see and what we should be seeing. Although it is a gut wrenching documentary, there is an educational informative truth behind it to see if food is really food anymore.

Focus on Topic: Healthy eating is not about strict dietary limitations, staying unrealistically thin, or depriving yourself

Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience the need for better eating habits, the solution to poor nutrition, and the outcome of healthy eating.