Processed Food

Processed foods have revolutionized America since they were Introduced in World war I, they served to help soldiers on the field that were in need of food supplies in the field. After World war II America was revolutionized by the changes that processed foods made to America. There was a time that of scarcity in America for food, therefore people were in poor health and the fats that the processed foods contained were easy and cheap to obtain to them. But in later years America had enough food and maintaining that unhealthy diet from before seemed to be dangerous to our health therefore causing several diseases and health problems that were a result from all of those artificial flavors, cheap fats, excess sugars, etc. that are in the many processed …show more content…
The best example I can offer the reader about a type of cheap and processed food is the fast food restaurant McDonalds, they are always offering cheap prices and oversized amounts of food to the customers. Most of America is part of the working class and obtaining cheap food is not going to be denied by them this is why America is one of the leading countries in obesities and health related diseases. The article “Profits and pandemics: prevention of harmful effects of tobacco, alcohol, and ultra-processed food and drink industries” by The Lancet NCD group states that low income groups and countries have a least amount in prevention in …show more content…
Such as how Abou-Donia and Mohamed Salama wrote in their article “Food Additives” that those additives added in our food serve as preservatives and antioxidants that help the food be available longer for people. It’s necessary to have processed foods in America because when natural disasters occur we need a way to survive and the processed foods will help keep people alive. Also there are foods that lose their dietary benefits if cooked a certain way and by adding an extra amount to those foods they are able to help people keep in good health. Also Processed foods are not harmful to people if they eat in decent amounts every once in a while we begin to see epidemics of obesity when people consume too much of something. Such as in The Film “Diet: A horizon guide” they conducted an experiment to compare white Americans and rural Africans and their diets and they observed that the people from Africa digested the food faster due to the amount of liquids and small amounts of food they consumed compared to Americans which their food digested slower cause by the amount they ate was greater than the African