Nutrition In America Essay

In the past 20 years the obesity rate of America has increased dramatically. One Third of adults are now obese today, compared to only 23% of adults being obese in the late 1980’s, but why is this? Poor nutrition plays a very important part in the way people live today. The adding of fake sweeteners to most all foods and drinks adds to obesity and medical issues. People not staying active also play a role in this. Living a healthy lifestyle is expensive, but what most people don’t see is that it’s worth it in the end. While it seems obvious why our bodies need a good amount of healthy nutrition from foods, a large number of people still lack understanding to make them want to change their diets and eating habits.
For one thing, very few people today know how important nutrition is to their everyday life and also for their future. A main component in all foods today is gluten. According to the Paleo Leap “gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye and only about 80% of the protein is broken up.” …show more content…
Because lets face it not every American household isn’t able to provide the correct nutrition due to their financial income. So what this leads people to do is run down to the nearest McDonalds or any other fast food restaurant where one can get and enormous amount of food for cheap but is generally greasy and full of preservatives. Many Americans are also lazy and do not enjoy cooking, this leads people to go out to eat meals. If one should be able to eat out everyday, instead they could spend the money at the Publix buying healthy foods; for example a pack of chicken on average is about $5 to $7. So in the long run it is cheaper to eat healthy because of the damage the fast food does to the human body. And with damage to the body comes expensive medical bills. “The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.” –Ann