HW . 7B

The Omnivores Dilemma The Secrets Behind What You Eat

-Chapter 8:
Some animals have a certain diet that they stick to and will never change like the koala bear, it eats only eucalyptus leaves which keeps it healthy and never to much or to little. Wherever you came from and your culture affects what you eat but their is no culture and when going shopping in the supermarket thiers just so much and no culture to fall back on. Our mouths have many different taste buds from bitterness to sweetness so our body is born liking that taste and having as weet tooth. So on instinct we try to eat as much as we can because you never know when you'll get more. One of the most important tools for an omnivore became cooking because we were able to cook it change all the possiblities of food we can eat which is just more food for companies to try and get us to eat. But the omnivores dilemma is much bigger than that, foods are marketed as being convienent and quick for on your way to school, or after a long day of work just pop it into the microwave and heat it up. So that now eating has become more of something that you have to do and not seen as comfort for you to sit around and spend time with your family.

-Chapter 7:
Food companies scheme to get us to eat more than we need has worked out. The reason behind all that is that for kids all they do is sit and play video games sit at desks  in school all day and eat fast food because the advertisment are so encouraging. When Coca-Cola came out companies would switch the sugars because it was a few cents cheaper which is saving them money and instead of trying to lessen the obesity problem they make the bottle bigger, so that your just drinking a bottle of sugar also known as corn. The man who created supersized meals and drinks David Wallerstein was able to get people to believe and think that they were eating better. Instead of going back up to a Mcdonals counter to get another order of fries and feel liek they are fat, just buy one and you dont feel as fat or greedy. Food companies in a way are brainwashing children with their advertisements to certain foods and candy. Since little kids are like sponges and just soak up anything they see or hear its easy to get to them. Thats why obesity has gone up mostly in kids because all they do is eat and why not if your also getting a free toy and all kids love toys.

-Chapter 6:
Americans eat alot of corn without even knowing it. To find out how the corn is processed I visited a wet mill were the corn is broken down and then put back together to become the sweetner in our soft drinks or the starch in our hamburgers. Processed food sells better for the companies, but not for the farmers they make more money selling whole foods then something that has been processed. The US government helps pay for the raw materials and they end up getting most of the money which is good but with so much corn they need to find ways to get people to eat more of it and humans can only fill their stomachs up so much so next they have to find ways to get americans to spend more money for the same amount of food and eat more then we need. When food is advertised on tv its always something catchy like for children theirs a yogurt that came out and they used a dinosaur to advertise it so of corse children are going to want it becasue its something that they like and think is cool. I also find it interesting that companies will spend so much money to advertise their product even if they know that to much of it can hurt people or that its not good yet they still try and get people to buy it so then they get thier piece of the profit.