Food Industries And Capitalism

Food industries have massively changed their foods from regular, to systematically adding more fat and sugar into our foods. Health experts argue that fast food is no good for no one, and leads to the outbreak of obesity. However, the working class finds convenience at a local Mcdonald's because of affordable prices. Availability, money and socioeconomics affect our diets worldwide. Food industries might contribute to worldwide obesity, but some may argue that it helps working class by saving time and money, but does not change the fact that food industries are in it for capitalism. Food corporations like Mcdonald’s, Tyson foods, and Kellogg's; are inescapable with their palatable food worldwide. Food portions have skyrocketed and lack of
knowledge towards portions often makes matters worse. NPR acknowledges that food portions have gone up in the past years, introducing additional calories (“American Obesity by numbers”). Knowledge can be vital especially when there is a vast amount of foods flooding our local markets. Occasionally there are constraints that lead people to consume non-nutritious food. Maillo from Forbes makes a valid point when he states that “the elitist are wrong-headed to forget that price and availability matters” (Maillo). Fast foods are widely ubiquitous and affordable, making it far more convenient for the lower socioeconomic class to consume. Not only is it food portions, availability and cost; it is worldwide culture, and how consumers assimilate towards a culture. As Lamb from Livestrong emphasizes “different cultures can produce people with a varying health risk, as one from another culture becomes assimilated into another, their diets change” (Lamb). Money is not always the case with eating healthy its culture and availability. Often times the proletariat may find convenience eating at a local Mcdonald's around the corner for a reasonable price. Although it is contributing to a staggering percentage of obesity, many find convenience eating affordable food. Factory farm treatment on animals is repulsive, filthy and sadistic.
For a long time it has the been the case that USDA promotes healthful living, and encourages consumers to eat meat on the daily basis. However, Foer confirms that the “USDA is in business with meat industries” and the USDA advocates eating meats, in order to subsidize the factory farming( Foer 146 ). When the USDA invigorate the meat industry, the nation becomes malleable to eat meat, asserting its a necessity in every diet when it is not. When the USDA endorses eating meat, they support the birds injected with hormones as a way to generate larger sums of meat and money; but little do consumers know that hormones damage an animal's heritage. Kenner illustrates a factory farmer's perspective, and claims “If you can grow a chicken in 49 days, why would you want want one you got to grow in 3 months” ( Food Inc.). Birds swell enormously, breaking their fragile legs and lose the ability to walk. Factory farmers often do not have the solicitude towards animals, and more so often they treat animals by inflicting pain. It is no secret anymore that animals live under lamentable and gruesome condition; meat companies could spend money to treat animals and humans better, but companies ignore the circumstance and chose money over living beings. As Akhtar declares that factory farmed animals live under “extremely filthy, overcrowded conditions, without access to fresh air”; she asserts that “These conditions greatly contribute to deadly pathogens” ( Akhtar ). USDA promoting the meat industry, animals injected hormones and pathogens that factory farming emits, all proceed to our local markets, into our stomachs. The meat industries that factory farm are the ones to blame, as they pay millions to ensure we eat they’re meats and inject their animals to maximize profits. As a result, they had one of the greatest contributions to the one of the world's greatest
epidemic. The foods we consume are critical to our health. Constraints like socioeconomics, culture ,and availability may play a part in an individual's diet; that food industries take advantage to make the most money possible. The lower class find it helpful and convenient, that fast foods are affordably cheap. The conditions that animals live by in factory farms is disgusting and may not always be the case, but as of today, it's still shocking. Eating healthier can be strongly urged because of the distinct amount of diseases. Although of its health complications, I recommend the lower class to eat fast food occasionally as it could save them money to grow as individuals.