Is Cheap and Convenient Actually Better? So is going through the drive thru of your favorite fast restaurant really cheaper than making a meal at home for your family? In today’s time it has become more relevant to get what is more convenient and cheapest regarding to food. People are less concerned with the health benefits, whether that means going by McDonalds for dinner than making a home cooked meal or eating junk food than healthy alternative snack. People are doing what seems to be the most convenient and inexpensive route, but the problem is that Americans lack knowledge regarding junk food and real food which is interfering with their health. High amounts of processed foods are being consumed by Americans because they are tight budgeted …show more content…
On the extreme side of having a healthier lifestyle there is a locavore system. This system means that you confine your food to a 100 mile radius (Pelletier703). In “The Locavore’s Dilemma” by Christophe Pelletier, he disagrees with movement, but believes that the distance is not more important rather than the carbon footprint. Pelletier also recognizes the struggle of busy tight budgeted families when deciding their food decisions. Therefore, the support of this movement is more of the wealthier population. People who are able to spend considerable amounts on only local. But eating only locally produced is not necessary to live a healthy lifestyle. The difference between Bittman and Pelletier regarding this is that buying for real food versus buying food locally grown, which of course is the healthier option but not needed. Like Pelletier, I agree that eating only locally grown food is not needed and not realistic (Pelletier703). There should be the healthy medium of eating real home cooked meals rather than eating highly processed foods and between eating only food that is in 100 mile radius. Americans shouldn’t go for the extravagant and costly diets or fads when going toward their health. Simply cooking healthy meals at home rather than eating out will increase their
In “Bad Food? Tax it, and Subsidize Vegetables”, Mark Bittman suggests that the people of America should stop eating unhealthy foods so often. In the article, Bittman tells his audience that people have “heart disease, diabetes and cancer are all in large part caused by the standard American Diet” (page 35). He also states that eating healthy can result to a better health care system saving millions of lives. The big issue is Americans eating unhealthy every day, but proposing a plan to help stop it from happening.
James E. Mcwilliams stated his aversion to the locavore movement in his essay “The Locavore Myth: Why Buying from Nearby Farmers Won’t Save the Planet”. The locavore movement is the concept of buying produce, meat, and other farm-grown food locally as opposed to having your vegetables or fruits shipped from across the world. This notion believes going local reduces harm to the environment by decreasing the miles food needs to travel before landing on your plate. From the title of his essay itself, the claim would seem obvious. The locavore movement does not essentially help save the environment through lessened food mileage. Don’t be easily swayed, in short. Mcwilliams presented several grounds and data for his justification on this issue.
He states that the alternatives to fast food don’t have to be grass-fed beef and organic veggies, but instead pretty much anything that’s healthier than junk. To help with his argument, Bittman refers to Marion Nestle, a professor of food studies at New York University and author of “What to Eat”, where he quotes her in paragraph 7 stating, “Anything that you do that’s not fast food is terrific; cooking once a week is far better than not cooking at all.” With this being said, she promotes the idea of easing into healthy eating even if it’s only once a week. This source is useful since it indicates that taking the initiative to eating healthier and following through takes time, but stands beneficial in the long
In Escape from the Western Diet, Pollan discusses how Americans have become obese due to their diet of mainly processed foods. He makes the case that for Americans to once again become healthy, we must return to eating “whole foods”. Pollan brings up the fact that Americans don’t spend as much time nor as much money on
If the community organizes a locavore movement, it will forge an easier method for individuals to acquire all the nutrients they need and a larger supply of healthy foods. A greater amount of people are malnourished in vitamins and minerals (some they may not even know exists) which most processed food do not contain. This is why fresh foods from local farmer’s markets are superior considering that “‘Nowadays, we know a lot more about the naturally occurring substances in produce,’ said [Cynthia] Sass. ‘It’s not just vitamins and minerals,
I agree, and disagree, with Berry's point of view. I agree that our food should not be controlled, and we should not be complacent with the way our food is handled and produced. He is right by forcing us to question what is actually in our food, but I disagree with his idea to grow and produce out own food. In a perfect world, we would all have gardens, and time to work in those gardens, and then time to make our own food. The reality is, a lot of us work full time and have other responsibilities. I believe that it is impractical to suggest that everyone could live this lifestyle in order to eat responsibly. Though I agree that food should be more than convenience, and more about nutrition and priority, I disagree that the only solution available is to grow, or buy locally grown food, and then make your own
Locavorism: the newest trend in the food world. Locavores are people who, by choice, only eat food made and produced locally. The exact mile range depends on the person and their circumstances. Locavores are striving for sustainability and have an eye on nutrition. Although the locavorism isn’t ideal for everyone, the movement in general is great for sustainability, building communities and reaping the most nutrients from food.
Locavores, by definition, are people whose diet consists only of locally grown or produced food. Locavorism is a way of life through choices in one's diet. They have created “The Locavore Movement” in hopes that everyone will eventually eat locally. With an eye for nutrition, as well as sustainability, the locavore movement has become widespread over the past decade. Eating locally is something that people should do more often because it supports their community’s economy and local businesses, protects against bioterrorism, provides more variety, and puts fresher produce on the table.
Most of the time when we think about fast food restaurants, we think how delicious they are yet unhealthy at the same time. We blame fast food restaurants for the causes of obesity as well as diabetes. “Don’t Blame the Eater” by David Zinczenko, talks about how his entire childhood he was obese. He mentions how he was just an average kid trying to make a living out of everything he had. Zinczenko mentions how easy, cheap and delicious was to buy junk food, but when it comes to going back into the healthy eating pattern; it was almost impossible. Zinczenko stated that no matter where you were driving through you would always see a McDonald’s or Wendy’s, in every corner, but driving back you barely see fruit markets. The essay “Don’t Blame the Eater, by David Zinczenko leaves me wondering; Why would people choose fast food restaurants knowing that it is unhealthy? My research leads me to conclude that Low income family are most likely to only buy junk food because of the cheap price. People can eat more and spend less; however, we need to keep
Former editor of Us News and World Report and recipient of Guggenheim Award,Stephen Budiansky in his article, “Math Lessons For Locavores”,published in August 19,2012 addresses the topic of locally grown food and argues it as a more sustainable choice in terms of freshness and seasons.I agree with Budiansky for growing food locally,however; with three other reasons: we can reduce food waste,(which will benefit the environment), and obesity(which will help an individual mentally and physically), and improve our economy. The purpose is to illustrate why locally grown foods would be a finer option for an American lifestyle. Budiansky adopts an informative,persuasive,and insightful tone for his audience,readers
How many local markets do you know of in your community? Where is the first place you think of when someone says grocery shopping? The implications of the locavore movement have negligible effects on the environment,minimum economic benefits,and does nothing truly impactful nutrition-wise.
Nutrition and health have become more popular in today 's society. Our generation is becoming more and more indebted to the idea of being healthy and eating nutritious meals. However, in “The American Paradox,” by Michael Pollan he argues that our unhealthy population is preoccupied with nutrition and the idea of eating healthy than their actual health. He also mentions the food industry, nutrition science and how culture affects the way we eat and make food choices. While Pollan is right about all these factor that affect our eating habits, there is more to it than that. Convenience, affordability and social influence also affects our food choices making them inadequate.
Eating locally is a practice that many people have been changing to in recent years. This practice is performed by people commonly referred to as Locavores. Locavores argue that eating locally is more nutritious, it helps the economy, builds better communities, and saves the environment (source A). Unfortunately, the only thing it really does is help the environment. The locavore movement is overlooking the problem with energy consumption (source C), and locavore communities cannot define what “local” really means (source F).
Is living a lifestyle of locavorism really that plausible of an option? Is it really possible to find all the foods wanted in a diet in a local area. What’s the definition of a “local” area? Finding all the food I need within a say 100 mile radius would be impossible. I don’t know of too many jalapeno farms in Indiana, and living without jalapenos is not living. Living in Indiana alleviates some of this hardship, but I can only imagine the difficulties a locavore in New York City would face in such a populated city. Locavores claim to be living a healthier lifestyle, but if all necessary proteins and vitamins are not attainable in locally grown foods, and that is all locavores eat, then they must not be living as healthy as they think. Locavorism is also a much more costly way of life, and more harmful to the environment.
People think that the price of fast food is cheaper than a home-cooked meal. Although many people like to eat fast food because of it is inexpensive and tasty, the actual price of the fast food is not exactly same like the menu. The price of fast food sounds affordable, but actually it is quite expensive. This is because people are influenced by the fast food restaurant’s advertisement. It illustrates the price of a set of fast food is affordable compared to cooking at home. When people go to the fast food outlet, they realize the price at the bill is not as same as the advertisement stated. The price is even higher than the price stated at the advertisement. Although the fast food advertisement provides the information that the price of fast food is low, the price in the advertisement does not include the tax and tips. On the other hand, cooking at home is much cheaper than eating fast food. It is always affordable, healthier and more emotional fulfillment when eating at home and cooking ingredients compare to eating out (Warner, 2015). The people only need to buy the ingredients and cook it by our own.It is always affordable because people only need to pay ingredients and cook it at home. There are no tax and extra tips! If people prepare their food in large quantities at home, it is more economical than buy several sets of fast food. According to Yeager (2010), “A family that commits to eating at home can save $3000 in one year and eat just as well,” (p. 52). Save and