Food science

Science, Food and Beyond in Michael Pollan’s “Unhappy Meals” “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants” is the opening statement in Michael Pollan’s article “Unhappy Meals” (Pollan 1). In this article Pollan presents to the reader a new standpoint on what food really is. Pollan’s main argument is that nowadays nutrition has stopped being about whole foods, and is all about nutrients like vitamins and carbs. New terms like “fiber” and “cholesterol” replacing…

The Restoration Period was a time that English citizens and much of Europe began turning away from religion and started looking towards science and reason to learn and make new discoveries. Many scientists focused on astronomy, mathematics, and anatomy which allowed for the increase in technology, the improvement of medicine, and education. Literature also started becoming more modern as authors wanted to make a change to the old way of writing in forms of plays. Many writers started using…

3.A. What are the major characteristics that should be achieved before a social organization qualify to be considered as a civilization? Civilization is often defined as "an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry and government has been reached." Civilization can only take place in a context of “states”. Decision making does not only takes place within a home and between family members, but it takes place in a centralized power-structures where…

In order to scientifically analyze a situation or problem we must first observe it; in social science, we must observe the real world (Hunt & Colander, 2011). In order to accomplish this task, I chose to observe the use of technologies in a mid-range restaurant. The restaurant is known for being family friendly, but also caters to the sports enthusiast. The technologies readily available to customers include flat screen TV's displaying various sporting events, a tablet at each table that…

identify that there is no rationale for torture of animals with reference to animal research as a bad science since some of the circumstances are usually induced (animal models). Ghasemi and Dehpour (2009) articulated that some drugs that are administered to the animals usually have devastating side effects, which are not earlier envisaged by animal models. However, over the past years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) institution that gives the go ahead on the usage of different drugs has…

mainstream of human society. At first glance, most people might say “That’s ridiculous and too outrageous, it’ll never happen!”; however that’s what most people probably said when Huxley’s Brave New World was published and just deemed the book as another science fiction dystopian novel. When I read the book myself, I honestly was surprised at how the society in the book paralleled with modern day society that we have now in America. We might not be making babies in factories and dosing them with…

My Opinion on animal experimentation/testing is negative, no living animal/creature should have to endure pain and torture & have the possibility of death, for a product that a big majority of humans use. The horrible conditions the animals have to live in is horrific and inhumane. This youtube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYATRV6W4iA&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DrYATRV6W4iA&has_verified=1) displays the horrible truth of Animal testing in just 60 seconds. Brands…

High Stakes Decision Making: Law, Admissions, & Hiring The 1997 film, Gattaca, depicts a stark future in which people are genetically analyzed at birth and given a path in life derived from the results. This exacting, perceivably pervasive use of science and metrics in decision making, especially with decisions that we associate with the use of morality or ‘the human element,’ often challenges our perception of ourselves and our ability to arrive at what is ‘right.’ ‘Neuroprediction of future…

present and flashes back to see where Victor went wrong. The book has many themes, one of the biggest being ambition. It asks, when is too much ambition become a bad thing? Is it too much when a person devotes their life to science? Is it too much when a person pushes the laws of science? People who read the story can learn more about moral character and responsibility, and what the impacts of excessive…

Of Mice and Men Animals are murdered, tortured, and abused every day, but it is overlooked “in the name of science.” The use of animals for experimentation can be traced back to the second century. The first person known to have performed these experiments was named Galen, also known as “the father of vivisection.” Although, the first writings were believed to have originated from the Greeks, Aristotle and Erasistratus were among the first to perform on living animals. Animal testing is not a…