The problem with our "Food"

When we go to the supermarket, there’s a section for every kind of food. The Frozen section, the canned foods section and the section for fruits, vegetables and meats. When we look at the fruits and vegetables section in the supermarket the image of them being grown on a farm , sitting in the sun being taken cared of by farmers usually comes in mind because, that’s what industry commercials on T.V display to us. When in reality there being modified and sprayed with pesticides. Nor are they being hand grown by farmers, but are industrialized for production. Same goes for the meat industry. The abuse of animals has increased dramatically. The reason for why food industries must abuse there animals to get from them what they want is very unclear to me. There are more humane ways to kill an animal and its not to slit its throat and electrocute it. The living conditions as well for these animals is kept private because they don’t want us to know what they do to the animals before its sent to the nearest McDonalds or Wendy’s. The cows at a lot of these industrial places are kept in small confined areas with many other cows and its impossible for them to move and it adds stress onto the cow. The feed they also give the cows is meant to fatten the cows very quickly which isn’t healthy for the cows and it affects the quality of the meat. There’s probably a percentage of Americans that do know this already but what percentage of Americans actually change there eating habits because of it.

America is big on the food industry because it’s a system that can make a lot more artificial food and it will cost us less but this system is affecting Americans health. In the present 1 in every 3 children is overweight or obese. We rely on food to keep us alive and healthy. Food industries make it hard for us to make healthy decisions on food because fast food like McDonalds and Wendy’s is so accessible to us. Its much cheaper then going to the store and buying fruit that is expensive in some places. Its also comes faster then having to come home and cook all day. Because of all the artificial flavors and chemicals they put in fast food it taste good and makes us want to come back for more. The government sees the increase of health problems within the United States like heart Diseases, high blood pressure and diabetes within adults and children. It seams impossible to buy healthy food because its to expensive and the un healthy food is very cheap. I think we don’t speak up about the problem is because its not directly in front of our faces, we don’t see the damage it does and it makes it harder for us to do anything about it.

Micheal Pollan's Argument

For this assignment please respond briefly to Michael Pollan's argument, in the first few pages of Omnivore's Dilemma, that we as a culture lack a stable food culture like the Italians or French, are obsessed with health, are confused and anxious about food, and therefore easily succumb to various expert-directed food fads.

What food experts do you and your family pay attention to - scientists, journalists, chefs, commercials on tv, doctors, nutritionists, health officials, book authors?

I think that his point is true that we obsess about food so much that we end up doing the wrong thing and adding extra stress if were doing it right and looking for fast results when it takes time. i think we do depend on other sources of food experts because i think we think with every new idea were gonna get different results and the thing is the results are all the same. it doesnt work.

my family watches the food network alot and thats where my moms gets alot of ideas for recipes and ideas for dinner. my aunt depends on exersise videos for her to work out thinking that its gonn make her slimmer & my uncle does his own thing and eats wat he wants and hes actually quite skinny.

May Day

Looking at the wikipedia website to get information about may day i think its kinda stupid. We cant even remember when they day is, if you went into the street and asked 100 people what day is may day and what's it about i don't think half those people are going to remember. we don't really celebrate it because we have forgotten about it. i don't think people even care about the holiday because its not as important as christmas and thanksgiving because there's nothing to do to celebrate it. And the website says the United States has its own labor day that isn't in may but at the beginning of september so we have two different things going on.

Grocery Store Shooping

When me and my mom go to the Grocery store my mother buys grapes and bananas, sometimes peaches and plums for herself. We don't buy fruits and vegetables and grains daily or weekly. my mom buys fruit for herself daily but vegetables and grains we don't buy at all. were not big vegetable and grain eaters. we are meat eaters.

Usually when i go into my supermarket they have all the fruit and vegetables right by the entrance. kinda hinting that thats the first thing they want you to see so they want you to buy more of it because it spoils quick and they want to get rid of it.

I've never really been taught to eat a wide variety of foods. or i've been givin the food and i refuse to eat it because I'm to picky or i just don't like it. My favorite meal is the one we have every sunday which is fried chicken cutlet with white rice. and a pattern i see with myself is I have to snack until i go to bed because if i dot feel full i cant sleep because it temps me to get up and eat something.

24 hour food log

Food log From Tuesday to Friday

Tuesday: A cup of Smart start strawberry Wheaties with milk, then at lunch I had some McDonalds meaning 10 piece chicken nuggets, medium fries and a medium Coke. Then when i got home i had dinner which was steak with white rice and 3 cups of ice tea. then as some snacks had some pizza and cookies with more milk and more ice tea.

Wednesday: A cup of Smart start Strawberry Wheaties with milk, then i didnt have any lunch because i was broke so after school i had some Starbuck's iced coffee with sugar and milk. then for dinner i had a subway chicken parmagian with beacon and sweet onion sauce for dinner with a bag of lays chips and rasberry ice tea. then as snacks for the rest of the night I had 3 honey buns each with a glass of milk. some grape jello and garlic bread.

Thursday: I didn't have any breakfast, for lunch at internship I had french fries, a bag of Doritos, a Salami and cheese sandwhich with a large pepsi. then i got home and had fried chicken for dinner with a glass of water. for the rest of the night i snacked on onion ring chips and cheetos.

Friday: I didn't have any breakfast, i went to school and for lunch had a bacon cheeseburger with a rasberry arizona ice tea. chewed on a piece of gum after that and when i got home i had chinese food for dinner, spare ribs with pork fried rice and an egg role. snacked on the left over chinese food as a snack after and had honey buns until i went to bed.