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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.…

Should Fast Food be in High School Picture a high school student sitting at the lunch table. She has carrots, broccoli, and spinach for her vegetables and for her meats she has pickle loaf, liver spread, and ham. High School lunches should have fast/junk food because high school students are old enough to make their decisions, fast/junk food is fun and tasty to eat, and it is an opportunity to have a decent meal. Good reasons for fast food being High Schools? First off there are…

The fructose 6-phosphate can then be used in glycolysis just like glucose because glucose gets turned into fructose 6-phosphate in the third step of glycolysis. Fructose is often found in synthetic sources of carbohydrates such as high fructose corn syrup. Research regarding the effects of these types of food show that there can be quicker and more drastic alterations in blood sugar from fructose metabolism causing major controversy over the effect of sugary foods during pregnancy (Renegault,…

Michael Pollan’s novel, “In Defense of Food”, is a follow-up to his prior novel, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma”. The book is explaining the issue with the food industry in America, but does not explain how you can change the way you eat. This is where the novel of “In Defense of Food” comes in. He starts out with the seemingly simple phrase of “eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants (1)”. Going more in depth into the book, though, you see that this is not exactly that easy. He goes on to explain…

Topic: What We Eat is Killing Us Organization Strategy: Monroe’s Motivated Sequence Introduction: I. Attention Getter: Imagine walking in the grocery store shopping for food. You pick up a pack of lunch meat and you look at the back of the ingredients list. As you continue to read, some of the ingredients are hard to pronounce or never heard of them before; Those are chemicals. Consumer items that lists the ingredients of strange chemical compounds are processed foods. II. Central Claim: The…

Sugar has consisted naturally in fruit for millions of years. The first humans identified fruit as a major food source. Necessary for survival, sugar has a considerable impact on brain function. Modern forms of sugar do not always have a positive impact on the brain. Different kinds of sugar impact the brain and body in very different ways. Negative effects of sugar discussed in this paper refer to added sugar. Natural sugar found in whole foods that is not added during processing is considered…

The Seven Best Smoothie Cleanse Recipes for Your Liver What do you think about the words “detox” and “cleanse”? I know it makes some people roll their eyes. “You don’t need to detox,” they say, “your liver does it for you.” Actually, I always nod emphatically and agree! The purpose of a cleanse is to support the liver, the organ that purifies our body. And sure, a lot of detoxing happens without doing a thing. However, your lifestyle choices can directly impact how well your liver does its…

In the past and even still in some schools today, cafeterias have had a tendency to serve meals containing high amounts of sodium, fat, and calories as opposed to a more nutritious meal. As a result, children have been put at risk for developing heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and other serious health issues. In addition to this, teenagers will face nutrient deficiency, poor academic performance, and obesity during high school. In fact, over the past forty years,…

Today’s society especially in the United States consumes too much fast food, resulting in a higher rate of obesity, disease, and an overall bad diet. These fast food companies are selling us unhealthy food that is causing an alarming rate of obesity. According to an article published by BioMed Central Public Health obesity is a major public health problem in the United States owing to its substantial mortality and morbidity and increased health care costs (Laxy). So, in addition to fast food…

Under a magnifying glass today, about one in three American children and adolescents are overweight or obese, nearly triple the rate from 1963. Among children today, obesity is causing a broad range of health problems that previously weren’t seen until adulthood; from high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, to elevated blood cholesterol levels. There are also psychological effects: obese children are more prone to low self-esteem, negative body image and depression. And to top it off, excess…