Health issues are very common in today’s community. There is obesity, low blood sugar, high blood sugar, diabetes, high cholesterol, and many more. We wonder why we look the way we do and suffer from all of these medical issues, when it’s really all about our diets. We spend so much time on “perfecting” ourselves but we are never really happy with the result. Food is something so common, and it is a life necessity, but it can also be lethal. After reading Chew on this, by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson, I realized how unhealthy our life styles really are. Humans are power hungry and will do almost anything for money, even if it means promoting one of the most dangerous fields of food, fast food. The choices we make affect our lives every day. The food we eat can make us healthier or it can slowly kill us. Lastly, fast food isn’t always an option but a necessity. Some families find it less expensive to buy a burger and fries then it is to pay for real healthy food. Over all, the choices we make about food are some of the most dangerous choices we will ever make in our lives.
It’s sickening to know what people will do to move up on the power line. Money is a key aspect to power and the want to have more of it can take over a person’s life. The McDonald brothers weren’t planning to go as far as they have come today, but they were just thinking about a quick fix meal that is on the go and is inexpensive. Then people invested in the company and it grew out of control. There were McDonalds everywhere and it has become an almost unstoppable force. The reaped growing rate of fast food places is something that the creators knew was inevitable and that was what drew them to the idea of fast food chains. While doing this, not only did they shut down multiple restaurants, but they also lit the fuse to the bomb that is fast food. People consumed more and more until BOOM they were everywhere. This pleased the consumers. It was a cheap and quick food fix but it would latter coast them on their medical bills. The leaders of fast food corporations know that the products they use are just barley passing health regulations but continued to use them because it made the food, such as a hamburger, really worth a dollar. This method of saving money led/leads to many health issues and is something that can be avoided but isn’t due to the greed of the Corporations that run fast food restaurants.
Food is an everyday thing. We eat when we’re hungry, when we’re board, when we just feel like chewing something, and when we crave a particular food. Big corporations use our eating habits to their benefit. They design food to fill every kind of food consumption reason there is. If you’re hungry, they have meals. If your board, they have fun to play with food that will distract you and make you feel hungry. If you feel like chewing something, they make tasty treats that seem to fill your chewing need. Lastly, if you’re craving something, they will advertise it to you and make the craving so bad, that you must go around the corner to buy one. After eating their product you feel like your craving has been fulfilled, but soon you are back for more. By eating fast food, you are putting your health at risk. Companies portray food as healthy, good for you products, when you are eating a bunch or garbage. If people ate home cooked food more often, and bought real food from stores and eat the occasional vegetable, we would all be happier and healthier. With these simple changes, you can prolong your life span and live a better life.
Today, our economy is at an unsteady up and down spiral. Some families can afford to buy real food so fast food is the answer to their problems. It’s inexpensive, tastes relatively good and it fills you up. To many people this is an everyday practice out of choice but others don’t have the option of eating steak with mashed potatoes and a salad on the side. McDonalds can the only available food source for a family because the prices are rising. After this economic stress passes, more people will eat healthier food and there will be less obesity, high cholesterol, low blood sugar, and high blood sugar. Eating habits aren’t only because someone wants them, but they are forced upon them. Healthy choices aren’t always an option so. Soon enough, the economy will be regular again and we can all lead healthier life styles.
Food is a dangerous part of life. It can either heal us, or harm us. We have to be careful while choosing what to eat and when to eat. If we all manage to avoid being sucked into the hypnotizing ads of fast food, maybe one day we won’t need them, but I highly doubt that. Eating good food isn’t always an option. We need to work towards making the healthy food an option instead of removing the option from many families. Simple price cuts may seem to do more harm than good, but it means that families have one more healthy meal.
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