Fads

the present day American culture, people will never forget the 2000s. The 2000s were a time to be noticed. People would do anything to stand out, eventually those efforts to stand out would morph into fads which became a permanent stamp on the first ten years of the new century. Fashion fads were everywhere during the 2000s! The latest styles were seen on celebrities, the person sitting across…

The Omnivore’s Dilemma, written by Michael Pollan, and published in 2009 made quite an impact on the food industry and nearly everybody who so happened to read it. The book details what happens behind closed doors of supermarkets, how the food is made, how the animals soon to be meat are handled and treated, and asks the question, how do we know if what we’re eating really is healthy? Chapter 8 of the book: The Modern Omnivore, highlights this question, among others, especially what we’ve been…

Are Selfie’s a Fad or a Part of our Lives for the Long Haul? Smile! Selfies have exploded over the past 10 years because of the technology of camera phones, the availability of the internet and our basic need to communicate with others. By simply taking a picture of yourself and posting it on any form of social media, you are participating in this new age fad. Camera phones, social media sites, and instant messaging abilities are helping to keep this fad alive and continuing into the next…

(Sisson, np). Individuals on a gluten free diet tend to eat more whole foods and read labels at the grocery store. Fad diets are defined by fast weight loss, strict food choices, promises that sound too good to be true, lack of scientific evidence, and does not take in to account your food likes or dislikes. The gluten free diet does not promise any of that. Thus it is not a fad diet. (Tsang, np) In the last 20 or so years, we have changed the way farming is being done. Scientist are…

There are many trends that happen in our lifetime. Often times they can be slang words, or the way people would dress. Today, teens are creating new fads to keep themselves occupied. I remember when I was in middle school and we made a makeshift flamethrower using Axe spray and a lighter. While some trends can be dangerous and others harmless. Today, there is a new challenge, and no not the cinnamon challenge but the Tide Pod Challenge. The Tide Pod challenge involves teens to place a Tide Pod…

and the tropics the flamingo “remains a major motif in art, dance, and literature” (57-58). With how she handles these points in the text, her views of American culture are becoming much clearer; instead of crafting her text around how the flamingo fad was a turning point in American culture, she honestly points a finger at the American people for stealing an image that’s been around for much longer than their own country has, and they shouldn’t claim it as their…

After reading "How safe is the Paleo diet?", I have learned that fad diets are not the way to achieve weight loss. It was interesting to learn that even though the Paleo diet recommends fruit and vegetables to help achieve weight loss, and a lower carbohydrate consumption to lessen the chance of high blood glucose levels, there's no guarantee you will drop pounds. Besides these factors, a study conducted on mice, revealed that an increase in glucose intolerance, insulin, and extreme weight gain…

To clarify a fad diet is a diet that promises quick weight loss through what is usually an unhealthy and unbalanced diet, according to UPMC. By definition, one can see that fad diets can be dangerous, and to show how to lose weight properly one should look at Stephanie Miller who lost 153 pounds. In the article describing how she lost her weight…

it’s not all that good for you. Also it can get quite addicting because we should all admit that we like to have a little sweet something every now and then. And since the ads consist of celebrities and athletes that we look up to, it is considered a fad…

Taylor Varnell Opinion Paper Chapter 16 12-2-16 This chapter is something interesting to read about, because many of these things are going on in the world around us. Ever since the Presidential Election, there have been mobs and riots all around us, and people trying to cause social movements. People have been marching the streets with signs and trying to cause riots. We see this happening more in bigger cities, but it has happened in places like Little Rock and Memphis. There has been big…