Super Size Me After watching Super Size Me it 's made me think twice about my diet, and how much good fat as well as bad fat I am consuming. The largest contributor to the obesity epidemic is fast food. When the FDA evaluates the growing number of obese people in the United States the finger is pointed at the fast food restaurants, such as McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy 's, etc... The epidemic is so severe over 60 % of all Americans are either overweight or obese, now thats a lot of people. Each day one in four Americans visits a fast food restaurant. With McDonald 's alone representing 43% of total U.S. fast food market the problem continues to expand as well as the statistics if people don’t start watching their diet this country will be
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Although my mom and dad are careful about certain foods, she always makes sure there is a vegetable and a carbohydrate, her meals are usually healthy besides Friday’s when we have pizza from Bradley and Wall. Overall my diet is all over the board, I’m not usually picky when it comes to food which I guess is good because I am getting most vitals nutrients, such as proteins, and other minerals. My diet is a mixed match of various foods, but overall I think I get all my important vitamins, proteins, and nutrients. When it comes to fast food I rarely eat it, sometimes I go months without having fast food it all, at the most, I will go to a fast food place maybe once a month, if I’m on a roadtrip. The only other time I get fast food is when my family and I are traveling to the lake house in Long Lake Maine, we stop on the highway because it 's fast and easy, it 's also convenient because we can get gas as well. When it comes to fat in my diet, I would say I consume an average amount of good …show more content…
Most chips and junk foods also contain huge doses of sodium which isn’t good for your body especially for your heart. Another bad habit I have is I love Dr Pepper, although it is extremely unhealthy I have been drinking it for my whole life. I realize I should be drinking other healthy alternatives like milk or water. All in all, I don’t think I consume a large amount of fat in my diet depending on the meal. I eat a fair amount of prepared foods I usually eat hot pockets, pizza rolls, or frozen pizzas. I usually eat these types of prepared foods after school, or when no one is cooking a meal because they are easy to cook and they are good. Again they are also designed for a very long shelf life so hydrogenation is used to guarantee a fresh product. In return these foods do contain a lot of bad saturated fats. I have a somewhat say in my food selections, when I am at Stop and Shop I usually pick out what I like, not particularly because it’s healthy but because it tastes good, and you know thats usually junk food. My mom tries to limit the amount of soda in the house and “junk” food in the house, but overall when it comes to
Although my mom and dad are careful about certain foods, she always makes sure there is a vegetable and a carbohydrate, her meals are usually healthy besides Friday’s when we have pizza from Bradley and Wall. Overall my diet is all over the board, I’m not usually picky when it comes to food which I guess is good because I am getting most vitals nutrients, such as proteins, and other minerals. My diet is a mixed match of various foods, but overall I think I get all my important vitamins, proteins, and nutrients. When it comes to fast food I rarely eat it, sometimes I go months without having fast food it all, at the most, I will go to a fast food place maybe once a month, if I’m on a roadtrip. The only other time I get fast food is when my family and I are traveling to the lake house in Long Lake Maine, we stop on the highway because it 's fast and easy, it 's also convenient because we can get gas as well. When it comes to fat in my diet, I would say I consume an average amount of good …show more content…
Most chips and junk foods also contain huge doses of sodium which isn’t good for your body especially for your heart. Another bad habit I have is I love Dr Pepper, although it is extremely unhealthy I have been drinking it for my whole life. I realize I should be drinking other healthy alternatives like milk or water. All in all, I don’t think I consume a large amount of fat in my diet depending on the meal. I eat a fair amount of prepared foods I usually eat hot pockets, pizza rolls, or frozen pizzas. I usually eat these types of prepared foods after school, or when no one is cooking a meal because they are easy to cook and they are good. Again they are also designed for a very long shelf life so hydrogenation is used to guarantee a fresh product. In return these foods do contain a lot of bad saturated fats. I have a somewhat say in my food selections, when I am at Stop and Shop I usually pick out what I like, not particularly because it’s healthy but because it tastes good, and you know thats usually junk food. My mom tries to limit the amount of soda in the house and “junk” food in the house, but overall when it comes to