Food is something that people need to have to be able to survive; it provides us with the necessities that we need to be able to live through our daily lives. Food can be used for eating purposes, as a gift, medicine, and sometimes even used to get other food (through hunting, fishing and farming). However, food also has the power to change its consumers in many negative ways, such as illnesses, health defects, and addiction. The type of food and amount of food consumed has the ability to affect our health, behavior, and ideologies. One way that food can affect us is changing the health of our bodies and in some extreme cases, death. Food can affect the body in two ways—for it or against it. If our bodies obtain the wrong nutrients it could
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We, as a society, are becoming so reliant on convenience. As one of Time magazine’s top 100 Most Influential People in 2010, Michael Pollen relays, “Americans spend less than 10 percent on their income on food; they also spend less than half an hour preparing meals and a little more than an hour enjoying them” (439). This is outrageous compared to other countries in the world because it shows how Americans don’t really care about what they put in their bodies and how it affects them. Many people enjoy some form of an activity, and that activity requires specific nutrients from the food we eat. If our bodies don’t get the desired nutrients, it could change how we act. For instance, if an NFL football player was to eat only potato chips and drink pop all the time, it would affect the player in a negative way. It would change the way he acts towards football. Football is a strenuous sport that requires many nutrients to allow the player to play his best. Without these nutrients, the football player will tire quickly and not be as active. All-in-all, nutrients should be consumed in a minimal amount, having too much or having too little will affect our body …show more content…
One belief that is very food orientated is that fat is an issue for women. Compulsive eating can bring about certain changes, especially physical changes. Sometimes, people don’t even have to do or eat anything for these changes to occur. According to Susie Orbach, an author and therapist, “Fat is a social disease, and fat is a feminist issue” (Orbach 449). It is a feminist issue because males are supposedly attracted to the female with the “perfect” body. No matter what personality the female has the male will usually rely on the appearance of the female. In order for women to please the other sex, they do whatever it takes to present themselves as a significant other. However, some women take this and do the exact opposite, choosing to gain weight and go against society. It makes women viewed more as an object than as a person. Orbach mentions how women have to make themselves seem like a good item in order for a man to notice her. I believe that this is not necessary because it causes society and even women to not seem good enough for someone, sometimes causing depression and the worst case scenario—suicide. The food industry is the underlying cause for all of this. From the 1960s until present time, the one thing that remains the same about how a women should look is that they should be skinny (Orbach 452). I think that women don’t have to
We, as a society, are becoming so reliant on convenience. As one of Time magazine’s top 100 Most Influential People in 2010, Michael Pollen relays, “Americans spend less than 10 percent on their income on food; they also spend less than half an hour preparing meals and a little more than an hour enjoying them” (439). This is outrageous compared to other countries in the world because it shows how Americans don’t really care about what they put in their bodies and how it affects them. Many people enjoy some form of an activity, and that activity requires specific nutrients from the food we eat. If our bodies don’t get the desired nutrients, it could change how we act. For instance, if an NFL football player was to eat only potato chips and drink pop all the time, it would affect the player in a negative way. It would change the way he acts towards football. Football is a strenuous sport that requires many nutrients to allow the player to play his best. Without these nutrients, the football player will tire quickly and not be as active. All-in-all, nutrients should be consumed in a minimal amount, having too much or having too little will affect our body …show more content…
One belief that is very food orientated is that fat is an issue for women. Compulsive eating can bring about certain changes, especially physical changes. Sometimes, people don’t even have to do or eat anything for these changes to occur. According to Susie Orbach, an author and therapist, “Fat is a social disease, and fat is a feminist issue” (Orbach 449). It is a feminist issue because males are supposedly attracted to the female with the “perfect” body. No matter what personality the female has the male will usually rely on the appearance of the female. In order for women to please the other sex, they do whatever it takes to present themselves as a significant other. However, some women take this and do the exact opposite, choosing to gain weight and go against society. It makes women viewed more as an object than as a person. Orbach mentions how women have to make themselves seem like a good item in order for a man to notice her. I believe that this is not necessary because it causes society and even women to not seem good enough for someone, sometimes causing depression and the worst case scenario—suicide. The food industry is the underlying cause for all of this. From the 1960s until present time, the one thing that remains the same about how a women should look is that they should be skinny (Orbach 452). I think that women don’t have to