February 2013 Processed Foods What ’s wrong with the modern American diet? Is American society heading towards a future filled with obesity‚ heart problems and an unhealthy youth? When processed foods account for about 70 percent of American caloric intake‚ ( Rehm) it definitely begs the question of whether these types of foods are helping or hindering our society. These two articles written by the New York Times discuss in greater detail the ins and outs of how processed foods are effecting The US
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INTRODUCTION The use of food additives is an emotional topic which continues to provoke consumer concern. Despite modern-day associations food additives have been used for centuries. Food preservation began when man first learned to safeguard food from one harvest to the next and by the salting and smoking of meat and fish. The Egyptians used colors and flavorings‚ and the Romans used saltpeter (potassium nitrate)‚ spices and colors for preservation and to improve the appearance of foods. Cooks regularly
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Throughout time‚ the development of food in the areas of tasting‚ feeling‚ seeing‚ etc. has grown into the incredible conglomerates that everyone sees today. The question stands‚ could this all be coming to an end? In the article‚ The End of Food by Lizzie Widdicombe‚ Rob Rhinehart and his “nerdy boy band” (pg. 7) believe that they have developed the ultimate meal of the future. The only meal of the future. This meal is a combination of thirty-five key nutrients mixed into one giant shake known
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Food Safety Risk Assessment of NSW Food Safety Schemes March 2009 NSW/FA/FI039/1212 Note: Parts of this document were revised in December 2012 following peer review. Contents Executive summary ........................................................................................................... 6 Introduction.................................................................................................................... 12 Dairy food safety scheme ......................
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Taylor 1 Professor Williams English 1010 7 October 2012 Organic Food vs. Processed Food How important is the food that the averages person puts into their bodies every day? Eating is a way of making peace‚ passing the time‚ sharing friendships‚ and having a communion. The narrator of Food Inc points out that‚ “The way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10‚000” (2008). How has it changed? Americans have gone from eating hunter-gatherer style organic greens
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Date: 11/11/2012 Fast Food Contain Harmful Food Additives In America‚ fast food chains are a significant symbol of the American traditional food trends which expand widely and grow fast all over the world. Thus‚ a large number of Americans eat fast food as their daily diet. However‚ these tasty fast foods are highly processed foods which are filled with plenty of chemicals‚ additives and preservatives. By adding these additives and artificial flavorings into fast foods‚ so the food is attractive and
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Fresh Food and Canned Food Eating is most important activity in our life. Some people eat 2 times‚ 4 times‚ or some people in poor countries eat only 1 time a day. We live in a world where the variety of food is immense‚ and we are responsible for what we eat. We decide what we are about to eat and how it will affect our bodies. The three main differences between fresh food and canned food are flavor‚ health benefits‚ and cost. The most notable difference between these two kinds of foods is their
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The chemical processes that take place inside food determine its nutritional value‚ taste‚ texture and freshness. Like any other organic material‚ food can decompose over a period of time. The importance of food chemistry lies in its ability to counter the effects of decomposition and spoilage and extend the shelf life of foods. Food chemistry is a science that studies the chemical processes that take place in food. All food products are made of biological materials that react and interact in different
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FST 11 Reaction Paper Food‚ Inc. is an American documentary film directed by Robert Kenner. The film is about corporate farming in the United States‚ concluding that agribusiness produces food that is unhealthy‚ in a way that is environmentally harmful and abusive of both animals and employees. The film is narrated by Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser. The film opens with the sentence‚ “The way we eat has changed more dramatically in the past 50 years than in the previous 10‚000 years.”‚ which
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Why should people avoid consuming food with artificial additives? Communication 103-816 December 9‚ 2013 I. INTRODUCTION: Have you ever looked at the back of food packages and wondered what those long named ingredients listed are or what they even mean? Personally‚ most of the time I do not even know what half of those big words are or sometimes I do not even bother to look at the ingredients list. Well‚ all these big‚ complicated words are fancy names for the additives
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