Chapter 6 was title processed food. It really talks about how that not all of the food that americans eat is fresh corn. It can be processed corn which can be canned corn or anything I guess that is not fresh. Corn is in really a lot of the things that we eat in our every day lives, like caramel, apple sauce and most breads, etc. What I found most interesting was how many things were made with corn as an ingredient and how many with corn syrup in them. A question I have is if corn is so popular then why isnt it produced with more of an effort and with a higher manufacturing rate?
Chapter 7 talked about how corn can affect peoples health. Since corn is in all of these foods it can also play a part in affecting peoples health. It affects obesity not only in adults but in children also it is a big problem. Since there is so many calories included with corn syrup and other forms of corn obesity tends to increase. My question is how come corn is so popular if it is a big problem with obseity in children and adults? Is it because people think it is a necessary ingredient so they don't think they can eat with out it for a long period of time?
Chapter 8 is about eating habits. It talks about how unlike humans most animals dont really have a problem with their eating habits. Since animals really only eat to get what they need out of it they dont really care about what it tastes like unlike most humans who are really picky about what they eat and how they want it to taste. Its funny that I just want to eat to get full and so do animals. I shows that some humans and animals to have some eating habits in common and they they aren't completely different in that field. I found it interesting that in some ways animals are more reasonable then humans in terms of eating. A question that I have is what if humans were more like animals with their eating habits? How would that effect the food market and in turn affect the economy?
Chapter 9 is about how all Mcdonalds and fast food meals are made so that they have similar but pretty much the same taste. The author talks about how Mcdonalds uses corn in a lot of their products that they have. They talk about mainly how bad Mcdonalds chicken nuggets really are for you. The author says that they can cause cancer. I have never heard that before but I'm not going to argue with him. I found it interesting that he talked about how that since its cheap and fattening it increases obesity in children and adults since everyone can afford it. A question I have is if it is proven to be bad why doesn't Mcdonalds make their food more healthy instead of keep making it less healthy?
Chapter 10 talks all about the industrial food chains and markets. They say how a lot of these companies have been trying to drift away from buying corn and processed foods and are trying to switch to using organic foods more. It is saying about how more and more people are starting to shop at places like whole foods since it is known to be so "healthy" or so they think. A gem that I saw was that when the author goes shopping at places like whole foods he reads the labels of the food because he thinks that every item has a little background story to it. I find this interesting because I have never heard of people reading food labels to find out about the product. This brings up an interesting question that I have which is do people not read food labels a lot because they are afraid they will find something that will turn them off about the food?
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