Food processing

Mary Maxfield author of Food as Thought: Resisting the Moralization of Eating focuses on her argument of food is food and people or culture shouldn't tell you what to

the fault of the food companies trusted to provide for all people, which instead deceive human values, and help create the unhealthy, overweight nation. According to the CDC, 70 percent of America is overweight,

crystals we sprinkle on our coffee, but it is not. Sugar is not only present in the form of sweets and flavourings, it is hidden in all the processed foods we eat. We have heard about the dangers of eating too much fat or salt, but we know very little about the harmful effects of consuming too much sugar. There still isn’t any warnings about sugar on our food labels, nor has there been any broadcasts on the serious damages it could do to our health. It has

I was immediately intrigued from the beginning of Food, Inc. There was interesting and valuable information brought up during the film. Many people do not think about where their food comes from. I believe that if people were to know where their food comes from, they would not want to eat it. There are 47,000 products at a grocery store. But, Food, Inc. implies that this is in fact an illusion because all of them are made with the same crops. The fact that there are only a few multi-national corporations

Pin it! Best Food Documentaries Food documentaries are a great way to educate yourself about your body and the food you consume in an enjoyable way. This list is intended to inform you of some of the things that are being examined and documented in the food world that directly and indirectly affects each and every one of us. What are some of your favourite food documentaries? 1. Food Matters examines the production of food taking a close look at the chemicals added to foods, even ones proclaimed

But we have stripped away nutrients and complex fibers from most of our carb resources to make these look visually appealing (e.g. white bread, white rice, white pasta, etc.),or easier to cook (e.g. instant wheat noodles, instant rice, microwavable pasta dishes, etc.), or to extend their shelf lives in the grocery stores (e.g. artificial preservatives in commercial white bread, instant noodles, and other store-bought cakes and pastries.) We are now consuming overly refined carbs in huge volumes

is it going to eat us?” why do we eat mysteries foods that we don't know why there made from. The quote means that we shouldn’t eat all the food companies make because one day they could be worst then they already are. Why is It that processed lemonade is made from nail polish but nail polish is made from natural lemons. If we continues to eat this food then we could good as well want to get fat and healthy and kiss our lives away. Processed foods are bad for the human body because it has bad GMO’S

Change Your Life” renowned author and food activist Michael Pollan argues that cooking is the most important step people can take to mend our country’s broken relationship with food. His main points are that cooking at home can improve the health of individuals and counteract our increasing dependence on large corporations. He argues how important cooking at home is detrimental to our overall health. Pollan says that eating fast food, highly processed convenience foods, and restaurant meals are detrimental

Response to “Why is Processed Food so Bad for you?” Upon reading the ingredient list of my favorite Ritz crackers, I noticed there were some strange ingredients, such as riboflavin and mononitrate. These ingredients sound like elements from the periodic table, not ingredients that go in a simple Ritz cracker. Many consumers don’t realize what are the true ingredients that go into many of their favorite foods. Michael Hobbes is a journalist and an animator that writes for the Huffington Post. In

can buy a double-cheeseburger at McDonald's for 99¢, and you can't even get a head of broccoli for 99¢? You want the small one? We've skewed our food system to the bad calories and it's not an accident”(Food Inc.). If Alfredo Orozco had started off with healthy foods in the first place he wouldn’t need to spend so much money on medication, however, the food industry has twisted our thinking and created this issue. This is the exact dilemma many families, who simply don’t have the money or knowledge