When We Eat Fast Foods Rhetorical Analysis

After watching the video and reading the articles, I became motivated to consume more natural foods and less foods that contain artificial sweeteners. I agree with many statements presented throughout both the articles and movies, such as, fad diets do not work, eating natural nutritious foods is the best diet, and that our society is constantly being teased with temptations of sugary and unhealthy foods. I agree with the point that the movie brought up about how the food we eat is no longer food, it is food-like substances that look appealing to us because it is true; many foods have been transformed because of all the artificial ingredients being placed into them.

I would agree that many people do not realize that looking good can simply

be done from the inside out. By consuming natural foods and a variety of colors of fruit and vegetables, we can influence our body, skin, hair, and nails in a positive way. Multiple people look into the mirror and hate themselves for their appearance, weight, or skin. The best way to improve all that is simpler than many people believe. Eating healthy is the answer to many people’s problems with self-consciousness as well.
I have personally been including healthier foods in my diet, and have noticed a difference in my body weight, skin appearance, and energy level.

Processed foods do not contain the energy we need to get through a regular day, and I do not think enough people realize how important eating healthy is. Both my parents are diabetic and that has only motivated me more to not become addicted to sugars. The movie went into great detail about how sugars can be just as addictive as drugs and alcohol. I agree greatly with this statement, and I think our society needs to become more aware of sugar addiction. Sugar can destroy our bodies just as bad as an alcohol or drug addiction can, so it makes me wonder why our government is not doing more about it. Sugar addiction is a serious problem today that leads to obesity, chronic diseases, and even

death.
I was surprised the manufacturers making food products do the studies for the product, so they know the addictive and unhealthy ingredients they are putting into them. Yet, they still fail to transform their products to be healthier because they want their product to be addictive so their costumers consume more. Manufactures do not care about how bad their product can be on a person’s health, instead they care about their sales. I think that manufactures should start to transform what they put into their products to help improve the overall health of the United States. Since people are unable to make healthy choices for themselves; it is time for the government and manufactures to take charge. Obesity and other chronic diseases have become a huge problem today, and it is only going to continue to get worse if a stand is not taken.
Another major factor of weight gain is fructose corn syrup that inside many foods, the number one source of calories, and is highly addictive.

The movie brought up how consuming an ounce a day is fine, but an average person consumes much more. I was amazed how an average person today consumes 70-80 g of fructose corn syrup a day, while a child consumes nearly 120-150 g a day. Fructose is a fruit sugar that has a severe metabolic process where people can become very addicted. I did not know a lot of information about this food ingredient, but I now know it is time to pay more attention for it to be listed on my food

labels.
I think that there are many unhealthy ingredients in our foods today that we are not aware of the negative side effects. I believe it is time for manufactures and the government to take a stand to educate the public on what they are putting into their bodies, or even limit the amounts of artificial sugars or fructose corn syrup in certain products. People are becoming addictive to tastes that they are unaware they can be addicted to. I believe that the majority of our society is unaware of the harmful ingredients they are putting in their bodies and are planning their diets incorrectly.