Persuasive Essay On Eat Food

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Toasted whole wheat bread, low-fat turkey lunch meat, tomatoes, crunchy lettuce, and a nice tall glass of orange juice. You chose to go healthy for lunch today, little did you know that your lunch meal was not quite as healthy as you thought. Many foods selling in grocery stores, aren 't quite what we suspect, for example low-fat milk, is actually pretty harmful for our bodies. The chemicals scientists add into the low-fat milk is harmful to our organs. As Michael Pollan made clear "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants," was a significant way to construct a meaningful message in just a couple simple words. As many know Michael Pollan and Blake Hurst are on opposite ends when coming to farming, and food production, although I agree with most …show more content…

In the U.S., 20% of food is eaten in the car. (Very bad choice for choosing any time of food.) Little did we know that low-fat types of food were actually bad. What type of chemicals do they use that are so bad for our body? Let 's take a look at low-fat skim milk. To make skim milk low fat, scientists add powdered milk, which includes oxidized cholesterol, which is worse for your arteries, than the normal cholesterol. which can lead to build up plaque in your arteries. Not to mention that the fats in milk in mainly one of the reasons we drink milk, to he What are some effects of adding chemicals to our food? Well to begin with some of the chemicals are; carboxymethyl cellulose, and polysorbate-80. Which can lead to serious health problems. In a study done on mice, scientist added these chemicals to the water of the mice. They kept the diet of the mice the same and just added the chemicals into their water. The results led to the mice being diagnosed with obesity, glucose intolerance, and in some cases bowel disorders. Now with the mention of obesity as one of the symptoms, of the chemicalized food, forty percent of American adults from the age forty- to fifty-nine, are obese. Sixteen and nine tenths percent of children in America

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