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There is a constant global epidemic growing everyday resulting in many deaths. Obesity spreads like a wildfire in this day and age because of the advances humans have made in the meat and food production process. People can now get food this faster than ever before, but of course, this comes with a heavy consequence. The high demands of food have led to the production of very unhealthy and almost artificially made food in order to make money by spending less. In result, the food industries have…

In the article “WHy People Are Falling in Love With ‘Ugly Food’” written by Dan Mitchell, he said that the Ugly Food Movement started 2014 have been really successful in Europe and Australia. He claimed that a major cause of food waste is the stubbornness of consumers in developed countries expect every food product to be “perfect-looking”. Tesco, the biggest British grocer, sells its “wonky” foods successfully in parts of Europe, but hasn’t been really successful in its home country and said…

Introduction Today, consumers have easy access to unhealthy foods, especially with many fast food places. Citizens of America are unaware of the health risks when they consume the unhealthy. Maxfield introduces “Food as Thought: Resisting the Moralization of Eating” because with eating unhealthy foods “we’re a nation stricken by heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.” (Maxfield, 2006) Another one of the health risks is bacteria found in the processed meat that people have died from. The reason…

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…

During the early 1900s, urbanization brought about many rapidly progressive changes to society and how people lived their lives. With this came many issues, and a plethora of writings were published to expose these hidden downsides. Two of the most prominent of these novels were “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair, a melancholy and empathetic commentary on the meat-packing industry, and the lives of those who were forced to work in it, and “Silent Springs” by Rachel Carson, which sought to expose the…

France has always believed that it is a superior nation. The people have always thought the have the superior taste in food, culture, and people. That citizens of France value tradition more than anything else. The state however has little regard for tradition, they believe it’s in the states best interest to preserve the economy and keep the people safe. The state cannot change the culture of Fance without getting a violen recation from the public. In the late 18th and early 19th century we see…

In Michael Pollans essay “In Defense of Food” he makes a compelling argument about the additional ingredients in modern day food. After seeing how Pollan brought up the issues about the added ingredients in food, I now stand on his side when it comes to my opinion about modern day processed food. Michael Pollan proposes five ideas to keep Americans from purchasing most of the processed food that has been taking over ails of stores now a days. Pollan attempts to focus on the logos and pathos…

The food industry has been changing and evolving since the onset of production processing. While shopping, consumers can become confused with all of the different labels placed on specific foods. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) currently regulates the definition and placement of the "organic" label as food grown without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides, and cannot have any artificial ingredients, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), hormones, or antibiotics (Hari 1). On the other…

The Inconvenience of Convenience Foods Convenience, who can live without it? We thrive on convenience to get us through our daily lives. We need the convenience of a search engine so we don’t have to take a trip to the library in the middle of the day, we need the convenience of a car to travel from point A to point B, we need the convenience of grabbing lunch from a fast food restaurant or a freezer. Let’s think about that last one, should we really be dependent on a fast food restaurant or…

Our Food is Killing Us We do everything possible to avoid death, yet our health can be compromised with every meal. The processed food we eat contains harmful additives that are considered poisonous, and the government is not properly informing people of what they are consuming. Fast and convenient is the first thing we reach for on the shelf, but these quick meals could cause long term health problems. Pathogens are not killing us, but processed foods are. These processed foods can cause a…