Eating the Right Food
Eating the right food “You are what you eat” said for the first time Anthelme Brillat-Savarin back in 1826 and since then this phrase is being used a lot by nutritionists. If this is really true, then a lot of
Americans would appear to be unhealthy, treated with chemicals and, commercially raised animal flesh. While this does not sound very nice, it is nonetheless a description of the typical
Americans who survive on the consumption of big macs and greasy French fries. “Unfortunately, studies show that over eighty five percent of Americans no longer eat even one meal at home together every day” (Bond, 4). It is true, and what should the average Americans do about this problem? They should better choose what they eat. Eating the right food is like getting an A at school. If you eat right food you will most likely be healthy. If you are getting A’s at school, you will most likely be successful. Eating the right food will contribute to your healthy living. By making the right choices, you will help yourself avoid some very serious problems. Making poor choices like eating too much wrong food, increases your chances of developing cancer, heart disease, diabetes, digestive disorders and aging related loss of vision. An example for that is the obesity, which is a major health concern in the United States. “Obesity can be linked to some
300,000 deaths and $117 billion in health care costs a year” (Espejo, 11). This statistics is very scary and it shows us how serious can be the wrong choice of our food. If we want to live healthy, we have to eat right. Eating the right food is not a hard thing to do. We just have to know some basic rules. One way to choose the right food is to follow the Food Guide Pyramid, developed by The
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United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). More than one hundred years ago in 1894, the
USDA published its first food guide, where the author, a nutritionist, introduced the idea of food
Americans would appear to be unhealthy, treated with chemicals and, commercially raised animal flesh. While this does not sound very nice, it is nonetheless a description of the typical
Americans who survive on the consumption of big macs and greasy French fries. “Unfortunately, studies show that over eighty five percent of Americans no longer eat even one meal at home together every day” (Bond, 4). It is true, and what should the average Americans do about this problem? They should better choose what they eat. Eating the right food is like getting an A at school. If you eat right food you will most likely be healthy. If you are getting A’s at school, you will most likely be successful. Eating the right food will contribute to your healthy living. By making the right choices, you will help yourself avoid some very serious problems. Making poor choices like eating too much wrong food, increases your chances of developing cancer, heart disease, diabetes, digestive disorders and aging related loss of vision. An example for that is the obesity, which is a major health concern in the United States. “Obesity can be linked to some
300,000 deaths and $117 billion in health care costs a year” (Espejo, 11). This statistics is very scary and it shows us how serious can be the wrong choice of our food. If we want to live healthy, we have to eat right. Eating the right food is not a hard thing to do. We just have to know some basic rules. One way to choose the right food is to follow the Food Guide Pyramid, developed by The
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United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). More than one hundred years ago in 1894, the
USDA published its first food guide, where the author, a nutritionist, introduced the idea of food