An Analysis of Tortilla Soup Tortilla Soup is a film that does more than give the viewer a good feeling. Tortilla Soup is a film with many uplifting qualities that the viewer can relate. The opening scene draws the viewer in as the main protagonists, Martin Naranjo played by Hector Elizondo, prepares a large meal with many different dishes for his family. The way that Naranjo manipulates the kitchen cutlery demonstrates that he is more than a cook. His skill demonstrates that he is a fine chef.…
When Dettwyler is touring rural African villages, she comes across a young girl affected by kwashiorkor which is a disease caused by a diet which is low in protein yet high in calories. Within Mali, kwashiorkor is known as funu bana—or “swelling sickness”—because of edemas which form in the abdomen, face, hands, and feet (Dettwyler 1994, 73). The young girl’s mother asked Dettwyler for help through the procuration of medicine; Dettwyler answered that medicine would not help. Only by feeding her daughter a little more protein at each meal would she be able to heal and cure the disease. However, the woman countered that her daughter would not eat anything and once more asked for…
Science becomes more revolutionary as time progresses forward. New advances in technology display human’s natural desire for success and development. However, are all advancements in the technological field beneficial? Bianca Banova states in a recent article, “The Impact of Technology On Health Care, “Technology today affects every single aspect of modern society”. She discusses the importance technology has placed in the field of healthcare.…
It is not uncommon for newly graduated college students stepping into the world to experience a heavy dose of reality. It also is not unusual for college students to feel an overwhelming sense of loneliness when faced with reality. Directed by Mike Nichols,” The Graduate ”, a film that observes a newly graduated college student, Benjamin, played by actor Denis Hoffman, dealing with reality and all of the disconnection it might come with. By highlighting and focusing on Benjamin’s social behaviors, his personal affairs, and his way of living “The Graduate” showcases a theme of not just loneliness but instead something far more torturous: isolation.…
The episode “Back to the Basics” in the video series, RX For Survival, show the importance of essential needs like good nutrition and clean water. The video shows how bad nutritional diets in poor countries could lead to detrimental heath consequences that could be prevented by the intake of vitamin A in poor countries. The video also shares how lack of clean water along with poor sanitation is associated with infections. Clean water and healthy nutrition are not accessible to poor countries, which makes people living in these poor countries susceptible to acquiring infections and diseases. The video also touches on the obesity problem in the U.S. and the need to stop increasing rates of obesity among children.…
According to the World Health Organization, “Every year, one out of six people get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 Americans die from foodborne illnesses.” About 80 percent of all cases of heart disease, strokes and Type 2 diabetes could be prevented if people ate healthier and were more physically active. In the article “Unhappy Meals” by Michael Pollan, the author tries to give advice on how to prevent such illnesses. He argues, how if everyone would “Eat food. Not too much.…
Everyone remembers the good childhood days and the candy shops near the house, where were offered different kinds of candies and other sweets. As the time passes by, the people learn to avoid many of the sweets, because they became aware that should care about their waistline and healthy life. As we said, many sweets, not all sweets, as people crave for some delicious candy and cannot resist it. However, we want to send some important messages about the gummy worms, gummy bears, and simply all types of the gummy candies and suggest you look the video which will present you more information why you should avoid those candies.…
The featured documentary ‘Side by Side’ was an enjoyable, informative documentary that discussed the history of the film industries use of emulsion film and the cautionary switch-over to the new digital movie format. Beginning in the late 1800’s with continued development of emulsion roll film by Eastman and the pioneering photography work of Edweard Muybridge and Louis Le Prince the advent of capturing and projecting moving images was at hand. The documentary covers the important developments in the economic and industrial aspects of the film industry, specifically as pertaining to movies and Hollywood in general. Presenting a persuasive argument for the adoption of the new digital medium while extolling the philosophical and existential advantages of traditional emulsion process film.…
When he came to the film, it was clear to see that it 's the Algonquians focused on survival. The menfolk used on the hunting and gathering wall of the womenfolk used one the food processing. In an early scene of the movie it displayed the women processing the food. They wear matching red berries against fabric for the purpose of eating, along with preparing the meat to be cooked .The Algonquian and also worked on but tentacle skills at the very end of the movie when everyone in the tribe became sick.…
America has made a lot of changes in the past on becoming more inventive, resourceful, and as well as industrialized. Due to the variations in how our food industries operate, small family-owned farms have rapidly vanished leaving us with large, industrialized productions that mass produce for the benefit of the Large Corporations. Americans expect to be able to have large quantities of food available for purchase at anytime and at a low price. Unfortunately in order to get that food to us at low prices, we have to sacrifice aspects of animal rights, human rights, the environment, and health.…
The documentary “Food Matters” examines how the food we eat can hurt us as well how beneficial they can be. The film inculcates that we should be cautious in what we eat to live better life’s. The overall theme of the film is the importance of nutrition. However, nutrition is not given any importance’s in college campus, the media, and by doctors. The documentary displays how universities excluded nutrition courses and if they do offer a nutrition courses it leans toward medicine.…
By having nutritionists’, doctors and university professors all explain in detail how studies and examples show obvious benefits to be living by a plant-based diet. With examples from D. Anthony Evans an inspirational cancer survivor and healthy lifestyle enthusiast, who credits changing his diet to beating cancer and saving his life and Natalie McIntosh, founder of rawfooddorlife.org and a wellness advocate and speaker, who credits not eating land animals and only eating plant-based food with curing her depression. Using examples of people whose illness has been cured by eating a plant-based diet as well as athletes and nutritionist who provide multiple reasonable instances show the logic and reason to change one’s diet. The film represents…
Key 9 Stop using flawed diets and focus on good nutrition The history of flawed diets are lengthy and filled with hearsay. Surely you have heard about the low calorie, low fat, low carb diets which all have come and gone due to substandard or poor results. If people truly understood what good nutrition really means then people would look and feel better almost instantly. There are many versions of “what is good nutrition” if you are NOT using the right version then you are doomed to fail at your weight loss efforts.…
CAI 121 Product Id & Purchasing Unit 2 Lecture This unit identifies the ethical considerations for handling food and illustrates the influence of religion, lifestyle, and ecology on food service. The philosophy of ethics in the foodservice business will be analyzed. How modern science should be utilized will be part of the ethical analysis. Topics discussed will include the advantages and disadvantages of aquaculture, hydroponics, biotechnology, and genetically modified organisms.…
Moreover, caution is necessary when it comes to diet and health. Tom Price writes in “Global Hunger” that “In the United States and other affluent countries, more people are overweight or obese than hungry — the result of eating too much high-calorie food and getting insufficient exercise.” Even if a person were to be on plant-based diet obesity can occur. The reason why such a problem might occur is because if the diet is not followed correctly then the person’s lack of certain vitamins and protein might lean them to crave carbohydrates or sugars that could lead to unhealthy results. Many worry that other countries are not being fed, but here in America there’s a big crisis that everyone keeps ignoring.…