Argumentative Essay On Time And Fast Food

Time is money for hard working Americans supporting their growing families and the food industry is taking advantage. A tight budget of both time and money leaves many people with a choice detrimental to their health—processed and fast foods. The food industry knows this struggle, and have strategized ready to eat or quickly heated food options that can accommodate breakfast, lunch, and dinner for a reasonable price. Consumers believe they are receiving a great deal however, they are wrong. Ready to eat foods for a reasonable price do in fact, seem like a great deal; the problem with those foods is the content. Many processed foods contain unhealthy additives, one in particular is sugar. Sugar can be hidden in foods thought to be healthy but when a consumer grabs a processed food from the store such as spaghetti sauce or peanut butter, there can be an overwhelming amount of sugar. The issue with sugar begins with overindulging. Overindulging leads to obesity in many cases and the obesity epidemic is a …show more content…
Combine the fact that junk food is highly addictive, readily availabile, and priced unreasonably low, consumers can find temptation impossible to resist. The film Fed Up shed light that the food industry takes advantage of consumers and knowingly adds sugar into items as early as possible. As early as newborn formula the food industry adds sugar to hook future customers (Fed Up). Looking at the back of any processed food, one would notice that sugar is an additive in items such as spaghetti sauce, vegetable soup, peanut butter, and many other items that would originally not have sugar or would have very little amount. Eating home cooked meals becomes especially important when looking at maintaining a healthy weight and the feeling of overall goodness. Processed foods create an issue for consumers pressed for time especially when