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    their highly non-nutritional products on the consumer. The fault, however, truly falls on American citizens lack of personal responsibility for their own diets. Citizens of the United States are growing obese due to the fact that a vast majority lack the self control to not rely on the fast, cheap, easy option when it comes to their daily diet. In order to fix this issue the individual American must alter their dietary priorities from an emphasis on fast and cheap food, to an understanding of the

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    Awá

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    may have been horticulturist. According to the most widely supported hypothesis, they may have been forced to resort to hunting, gathering, and fishing in order to escape the successive waves of colonization invading the western area of what is now the state of Para, where the Awá probably originated. However, in recent years, their diet has incorporated other types of food beyond their traditionally foraged foods, which - though initially produced for them by the FUNAI agency - they are now increasingly

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    While it is a smart personal choice to limit consumption of fast food, we can’t and won’t be able to remove it from the American diet as long as there is a demand for convenient, inexpensive, and tasty food. So as I pointed out we all act outraged at the fast food industry when in reality most of the blame is on us the consumer. Another way to look at it is very well put in the article

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    I easily recognized his desire to help out people who have fallen under the “spell” of what we call “The Western Diet”. But as I’ve explained there are many variables that come into the picture when it comes to why people have certain diets. Sometimes it is not even a matter of choice or people following their cravings. Some just don’t have a choice, whether it is due to time, financial situation, social class, etc. I would

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    path which a man is required to follow? An individual schooled in modern western thought might feel this question is simple-minded and not deserving of a thoughtful response.  A common response may be, “I am in control, and fate has noting to do with the decisions I make about how to live my life.”  Yet if this statement truly reflects modern western thought then why does organized religion still persist throughout the western world?  The fact is that millions of people attend church and regularly

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    even with the existence of such radical thoughts, Zinczenko doesn’t mention any of them. A counter argument that he can include is Radley Balko’s work in his article “What You Eat is Your Business”. He argues that people are responsible for their own diet because they choose what to eat. Throughout his essay, he makes many accusations with not much elaborations and he also keeps pointing an angry finger at the government. According to him, “Instead of manipulating or intervening in the array

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    Books and Documentaries Diet and nutrition is prominent in playing a vital role in supporting health. Throughout the year, my research has lead me to gain insight as to how our diet can impact our bodies, whether it’s in a positive or negative way and how to maintain proper nutrition. Michael Pollan’s book In Defense of Food: A Eater’s Manifesto, informed me that we should focus on the foods we are putting in our bodies such as vitamins, fibers, saturated fats, etc. The food, as the author claims

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    Food is an essential part of our life, to stay alive. Food is necessary for our bodies to develop, replace, and repair cells and tissues; produce energy to keep warm, move, and work; carry out chemical processes such as digestion of food; and protect against resist, fight infection, and recover from sickness. Food is made up of nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, protein, and fat. The body cannot function properly if one or more of the nutrients are missing. It has been common today

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    Escape Fire Gabrielle Lester-Lubrano Southeastern Louisiana University College of Nursing and Health Sciences School of Nursing N479-90I April 27, 2016   American healthcare is very unique and complex. Escape Fire does a great job at trying to uncover the truths of healthcare in the United States (U.S.). According to Collins, Gunja, and Beutel (2015), 10.4 percent of the U.S. population, or 33 million people, were uninsured in 2014. This is a decrease from 2013 when 13.3 percent of Americans

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    from the hierarchy of the civilization it springs from. The rise of Lutheranism affected all of Western Europe, but it’s most prominent impact was on the peasants and serfs with no where to turn in what is today Germany. As the growth of Lutheranism picked up speed at the beginning of the sixteenth century, peasants from all over the Germanic states turned to Lutheranism in search of salvation and escape from the corruption sweeping the Catholic Church. Lutheranism’s impact stretched far beyond its

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