...“Eating Green” Margaret Lundberg author of “Eating Green” is a vegetarian herself. As a child her mother would always feed her children healthy meals. For Lundberg it was easy to transition her diet into a vegetarian diet because she had grown up accustomed to that type of lifestyle. As a grandmother she began to realize that not only does she worry about her family members but that the benefits that contribute to being a vegan can certainly be a huge help on saving the planet we live on. There are many consequences that America may face if they continue to eat the way they eat, is what Lundberg is trying to argue. The purpose of her argument is to get others to consider a vegetarian diet in their life to potentially eliminate problems that arise from their meat intake. Her argument was weak due to not having a strong support to her evidence, losing that confidence by asking rhetorical questions, and not taking advantage of her resources. A reason why her argument was not that effective was because instead of making her argument strong she weakened it by asking rhetorical questions. Those questions in which she did not have the answers to it. Or let alone her answers to it weren’t well supported. Once the rhetorical question have been asked the reader should not have to stop and try to think of the right answer to her question. They can also skip the question and not think much about it, that’s when her argument became weak because some parts were missing which could have...
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...foods in terms of cost, convenience, and advertising affect the eating habits of Americans. One camp, which I shall refer to as the Necessity group, including authors Hurst and McWilliams, believes that these industrially produced foods are necessary to feed the populace at a reasonable price, and without it, many people would go hungry. Another camp, which I shall refer to as the Choice group, including authors Pollan and Foer, believe that eating habits are a matter of personal choice, and it is not the accessibility of the foods that largely affects eating habits, but rather the education and motivation of the population. The last camp, which I shall refer to as the Fattening group, including authors Larson & Story and Freeman, believes that the accessibility of industrially produced foods has a negative impact on peoples' health, especially for the low-income. Understanding the health implications of highly accessible industrially produced foods can help guide policy making and personal choices to decrease obesity and food-related disease incidence in the United States. The Necessity camp, including authors Blake Hurst and James McWilliams, agree that highly accessible industrially produced foods are the way of the future and that they make feeding the nation a more attainable goal. Their argument relies on the assumption that without industrial produced foods, the current state of agriculture in America would not be able to supply enough food to meet the demand. ...
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...Service Essay A service is an intangible item of monetary value that satisfies needs and wants. There are many services that a school could provide to the students at any given school. One of those many services is offering outside food to students. Just like the setups at malls across America, Camden County High School should have certain restaurants open to the students. The positive outcomes that would come out of this service addition are that the school board could still control what the students eat, students would be more encouraged to eat, and the school would make money by vendors paying to serve at the school. Many schools boards do not like the idea of having outside vendors simply because they have to meet certain health requirements that Michelle Obama has put in. The board believes that no vendors would meet these requirements, so they do not even give it a try. The board could still easily control what vendors serve at lunch, and what they get to offer on their menu by setting guidelines for them before they become vendors. Therefore they would still be controlling what children are eating for lunch. Chick-Fil-A and Zaxbys are respectable and healthy eating places. They could offer vegan, sushi, and salad vendors also. Nothing is stopping them from finding an appropriate vendor except themselves because the possibilities for healthy vendors are endless. Everyone dreads the awful “cafeteria food”. It is often portrayed in movies as “alive” or fake meat. This extremely...
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...fruition when people get together and start pulling their resources together. An individual can be highly educated, wealthy, or have a little socio-economic background to help further along their cause. Support and money goes along way when you have it to give and make things happen. Lobbying is a really big issue to these groups, because that’s how they are able to maneuver through the “red tape “ of Politics in any social realm. The lobbying starts when IGs are fighting to protect their respective turfs; meaning each Group is trying to get some kind of program implemented. This is our world of ‘DEMOCRACY’. Money and advertising will and can influence America. These groups know, eventually with enough support that a bill or law will be passed. There is one IG in particular that I would like to mention in this essay and this group fits the Chapter 9 title Organized Interests: NOT “THE PEOPLE” and they are called PETA (People for the Ethical...
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...Been a Big, Fat Lie,” by Gary Taubes In the first paragraph of the essay, Taubes inserts the statement “Any theory that tries to account for obesity in America, has to account for that,” referring to the sharp rise in obesity in the 1980’s and setting up his thesis that carbohydrates, not fats cause obesity. What does this mean? Taubes makes it seem plausible that fat causes obesity and offers reasonable doubt that carbohydrates may be the culprit, instead. William Dietz who runs the division of nutrition and physical activity at the Center of disease control said “As far as exercise and physical activity go, there are no reliable data before the mid-80's.” In 1990’s study by Center of Disease Control shows "exercise activity remains unchanged from 70’s to 80’s.” Why was the data not reliable? People in the 70’s and 80’s were not exposed to fast food and junk food which lead them to eat healthy. We watch television and most of the time we see fast food commercial. Since we see these fast food commercials, we crave for it and we drive ourselves to the drive thru and buys are self meals. However, we tend to eat so much unhealthy food, most us tend not work out which leads us to have health problems. What foods have good or bad cholesterol in them? Foods high in good fats include vegetable oils (such as olive, canola, sunflower, soy, and corn), nuts, seeds, and fish. Foods high in bad fats include red meat, butter, cheese, and ice cream, as well as processed foods made with...
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...Compare Contrast Essay Week 9 COM 155 Winston Miller Whole Foods versus Processed Foods Did you know that Cancer can be caused by the food you eat? Studies reveal that eating processed food on a regular or constant basis can be the cause of cancer, heart disease and many other health problems. Processed foods are any foods that are changed from their natural form. Many people buy these foods at the grocery store on a daily basis not realizing the potential health risk. Processed foods are preserved with chemicals, additives, and colors as well as sweeteners, and have very long shelf lives. Aspartame is a substitute sweetener which is used in most sugar substitutes such as “Sweet N Low,” “Equal,” and “Splenda.” Aspartame’s appeal is that it has less calories than real sugar but it has been linked to causing problems like Multiple Sclerosis. Most people are attracted to processed foods because they are fast and easy to prepare. There are other processed foods that have been linked to diseases such as: Trans fats, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, and monosodium glutamate or MSG. Trans fats are found in all processed foods and fast food. They are linked to heart disease, cancer, skin issues, learning disabilities, and stunted growth. High fructose corn syrup is widely used in the US and it has been found that Americans ingest over 67 pounds of it a year. Some of the diseases associated with the use of high fructose corn syrup are cardio vascular disease, hypo...
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...are not readily available. America is noted for fast food, a highly addictive opportunity for an impromptu meal. People adapt fast to fast food habit; fortunate many fast food restaurants are reducing their Trans fat and calories. According to some research in most ethnic groups the diets need improvement. The Hispanic children in the US are the greater risk for obesity than other ethnic/racial groups in the United States, in a study 1,030 Hispanic children between the age of 4 and 19 found less than optimal diets in both overweight and non-overweight participants. Information about Hispanics in the US eat has been compiled through a national survey conducted USDA. The Hispanics are less likely to consume vegetables, although they have a slightly consumption of fruits. Compared to the non-Hispanics. Hispanics love whole milk but they don’t like low fat or skim milk. Also there are more likely to eat beef but less likely to eat processed meats such as hot dogs. Obesity and overweight are issues that the government has received attention and also health related institutions. In United States obesity has increased dramatically in the last couple of years with an average of 5 out of 10 death related to overweight and obesity. Mexican-American have had the highest increase since 1991, I think the socio-economic is the primary factor instead of cultural ideals or beliefs. Obesity comes with poor nutrition, Traditions and superstitions also dictate eating habits. For example, throughout...
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...these issues. The amount effort being made to create process food is not only harming the environment, but us as well. In the “Carnivore’s Dilemma” (2010) Nicolette Hahn Niman tells us that the studies show only that the prevailing methods of producing meat - that is, crowding animals together in factory farms, storing their waste in giant lagoons and cutting down forest to grow crops to feed them - cause substantial greenhouse gases (169). Knowing that 5 percent of the greenhouse gases are produced by...
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...Hefei Yang English 1001-23 Jeff Scott Analysis of Michael Pollan’s article Michael Pollan’s essay, The Food Movement, Rising, is separated into three parts which are “Food made Visible”, “Food Politics” and “Beyond the Barcode”. Pollan mainly discusses the cheap food politics and some of these food safety scandals, the environment and health problem problems, the appearance of obesity in America, and fast and junk food compared to local food. I agree with Pollan that health is the most important thing all the time. However, people in our modern economy need convenient and cheap food at the present, although sometimes the quality and health cannot be ensured. As far as I am concerned, what we can do is to try our best to make healthy food with the environment in mind. Producing food for a reasonable price, health, safety, and low pollution should be the best choice for modern society. Cheap food accompanied with the reform of food production is required because of the modern economy and society. As Pollan states, “Cheap food has become an indispensable pillar of the modern economy. But it is no longer an invisible or uncontested one” (2). As we know, the most important thing for people to survive is eating. Most people in the world are not wealthy and full of ability. The recession affecting unemployment has swept across the whole world in recent years. It has influenced how much family’s income is spent on food. The decline of family income makes the United State family want...
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...purchasers of pork, chicken, tomatoes, and apples. Though an unintentional ,this has had a large impact on the way all food is processed. The top four meat packers now control over 80% of the market, compared to the past,when the top four meat packers controled 20% In America, whoever has the big bucks dictates how things are run. With money, there is no limit to what can be done. According the Youtube video, “Food Inc.” a perfect example of the desire for more is in the food industry. The narrator makes the argument that profit is put before the consumer’s well being, the legacy of the American farmer, workers safety, and our precious environment (Food Inc.) in many major corporations. I firmly believe that these corporations have put aside and have deliberately tried to hide the truth about how unhealthy the food they produce truly is for the American public. The documentary “Food Inc. produced by Robert Kenner and Eric Schlosser, takes an in depth look at America’s food industry and the terrible but completely legal way our food is genetically engineered. The purpose of this video is to shock the American public with clever filmography and facts about the food Americans consume everyday. The food industry is full of misconceptions. The youtube video, “Food Inc.” declares that the food industry is using deceiving images of agrarian America to sell their product. Images such as lush green fields, picket fences, silos, and 30’s farmhouse, but as the narrator asserts, “it’s the spinning...
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...these immigrants to settle down in the place the first set down. These immigrants came from various parts of Italy they were scattered all around the US. This paper will look at the common menu of those Italian migrants and look at how it has involved in the community that is now known as the Italian-American. This essay will mainly try to address the significant issues of the process of ethnic identity. This paper will argue that the role of family is very important in advocating ethnic identity. The influence of a very rigid and traditional family institution helped the Italian immigrants whom in the end were known as Italian American to maintain their identity. This is fascinating because despite undergoing changes from generations to generations their tradition is still very much alive and important to them. The paper will further argue this point by looking, the transmission of ethnic consciousness amongst the Italian American. Last but not least we will look at the maintenance of ethnic group boundaries and most importantly, the role of food in such process. Overall, this essay aims to look at the evolution of the Italian migrants in America and how this has affected their everyday food. This paper will articulate all the forwarded arguments and try to answer the main question of whether Americanization disintegrated the original Italian culture and traditions amongst the migrants or have their community managed to stand by their roots and...
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...Complementary essay on Bariatric Surgery Week 7 Adil Khan English 112: Composition Professor Robert Zancy Devry University In a world where fast food is preferred over home cooked meals, due to convenient drive-through lanes, obesity has become an epidemic throughout America. According to the Mayo Clinic “Almost two-thirds of Americans are classified as overweight, obese, or extremely (morbidly) obese and these numbers are expected to increase.”(Curry, 2003) Obesity is basically the buildup of body fat, which usually is around 20% or more over the ideal body weight. The division of medicine that treats and manages of obesity is known as bariatrics. Obesity has become a key health problem in the United States, therefore Gastric Bypass surgery has become a significant therapeutic option because of its documented efficiency in causing significant weight loss with a consequent improvement in comorbid conditions such as coronary artery disease, hypertension and diabetes. Bariatric surgery is a very invasive medical procedure that can causes dramatic weight loss which is accomplished by decreasing the size of the stomach with a gastric band or by removing a portion of the stomach itself. Weight loss surgery is the most effective and sustainable treatment option for the morbidly obesity as long as the individual is motivated to make the lifestyle changes required (Madura, 2012). Currently, bariatric surgery is the one obtainable treatment for morbidly obese individuals that consistently...
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...of these immigrants to settle down in the place the first set down. These immigrants came from various parts of Italy they were scattered all around the US. This paper will look at the common menu of those Italian migrants and look at how it has involved in the community that is now known as the Italian-American. This essay will mainly try to address the significant issues of the process of ethnic identity. This paper will argue that the role of family is very important in advocating ethnic identity. The influence of a very rigid and traditional family institution helped the Italian immigrants whom in the end were known as Italian American to maintain their identity. This is fascinating because despite undergoing changes from generations to generations their tradition is still very much alive and important to them. The paper will further argue this point by looking, the transmission of ethnic consciousness amongst the Italian American. Last but not least we will look at the maintenance of ethnic group boundaries and most importantly, the role of food in such process. Overall, this essay aims to look at the evolution of the Italian migrants in America and how this has affected their everyday food. This paper will articulate all the forwarded arguments and try to answer the main question of whether Americanization disintegrated the original Italian culture and traditions amongst the migrants or have their community managed to stand by their roots and maintain...
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...They also show how there are other farmers who actually kill the animals nicer and not with the nasty chemicals that are bad for the human body to take in or consume. If you clean the food in a wrong way such as meat it could have the disease (e-coli). “A mother and a father had a baby, they ate hamburgers and the babies hamburger was effected with e-coli. After they found out, the baby died 12 days later from the disease”. “ It shows they are not checking enough, because they went from 50,000 inspections a year to 9,000 inspections” (Movie Inc. 2 day) They're all alike because they all talk about corn and how they fed it to animals instead of grass or how it is in all the food that humans eat today or how it took over america.It also says how it is the cheapest crops but one of the biggest crops that is easy to farm. There also all alike because in the movie, it has Michael Pollan in it but in the stories Michael Pollan information and was the author...
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