The American Diet

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Microwaves have become the fastest and new relevant food preparation. Even the new Camaro can not get you a speedy meal as, “The Mircrowave.” The American society has become accustomed to the convenience, speed, and relatively low cost of fast and processed foods. Consequently, this lifestyle has brought a compromise within the health of the American citizens. If America does not come to its senses, soon enough the people will face the greater cost of the this problem.* Typically, countries such as America are trying to become a healthier nation despite of what they are accustomed to. America has been conditioned to the lifestyle of eating fast foods and ultimately has became an important part of their culture. Fast food restaurants such as Mcdonalds, Burger King, and KFC represent the image of America from the views of foreign countries. Since fast food is becoming abundant in America, they have picked up the trend of eating not only three meals a day but now four. This is problem because of how unhealthy fast food is: “Fast food is an affordable and convenient way to fill yourself up when on the run. Although you shouldn't feel guilty for an occasional indulgence, regularly eating fast food can seriously damage your health.” (Lee, par. 1). Many of these fast food restaurants are open 24 hours a day to encourage people to eat their fourth meal. Similarly, restaurants have made all you can eat options, including unlimited ice cream, pizza, fried chicken, and more. This specific type of food is readily available and extremely cheap in America, therefore Americans take advantage of this by consuming food without culture or tradition. In other countries, food has a greater importance and is more valued. Moreover, they look down on A... ... middle of paper ... ...hy a more important priority than it currently is. If this can be accomplished America will be a much happier and healthier place to live. Work Cited Brody, Jane E. "Dietary Report Card Disappoints." Well Dietary Report Card Disappoints Comments. Well, 23 Sept. 2013. Web. 05 Dec. 2013. Jalonick, Mary Claire. "Junk Food In Schools: USDA Proposes Calorie, Sugar Limits." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 03 Feb. 2013. Web. 05 Dec. 2013. Lee, Matthew. "Healthy Eating." Healthy Eating. The San Francisco Chronicle, n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2013. Taylor. "Help! I’m Poor But Want to Eat Healthy!" Nerd Fitness Help Im Poor But Want to Eat Healthy Comments. N.p., 22 Dec. 2012. Web. 05 Dec. 2013. Thompson, Elaine. "More College Students Turn to Food Banks - USATODAY.com." More College Students Turn to Food Banks - USATODAY.com. USA Today, 25 July 2008. Web. 05 Dec. 2013.

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