YUK!!! I am watching SuperSize Me and I am so disgusted!!?!
This documentary coupled with "Meet Your Meat" are like the two reasons that I am a vegan!.
OMG!
Do people REALLY eat that much crap!?
And it makes me wonder why junk food is cheaper then "real" food!? I don't get it!.
Anyone know why!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
OMG!
Do people REALLY eat that much crap!?
And it makes me wonder why junk food is cheaper then "real" food!? I don't get it!.
Anyone know why!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
i've had to watch that movie twice for class requirements!.!.!.!.both times it has made me feel like puking :P
as far as why junk food is cheaper than healthier foods, i would have to say that the quality isn't high enough that people would pay more for it!. if a package of little debbie cakes was 7 bucks instead of 2, would people really buy something that was both bad for them AND expensive!? heck no!. they're cheap because they are made using substandard ingredients to create a product that you already know is bad for you but you get anyway!. gross!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
as far as why junk food is cheaper than healthier foods, i would have to say that the quality isn't high enough that people would pay more for it!. if a package of little debbie cakes was 7 bucks instead of 2, would people really buy something that was both bad for them AND expensive!? heck no!. they're cheap because they are made using substandard ingredients to create a product that you already know is bad for you but you get anyway!. gross!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
The artificially low price of junk food (and meat) has to do with the Farm Bill, huge corporations, conglomerates, anti-trust and consolidation, exploitation of employees (and pretty much everything else), and externalizing the costs of things such as health, environmental degradation (dumping), taxes, and more!.
Now that you've seen Supersize Me check out Fast Food Nation!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Fast_Food_N!.!.!.
http://www!.watershedmedia!.org/foodfight_!.!.!.
http://www!.grist!.org/comments/food/2008/!.!.!.
http://globalpublicmedia!.com/
http://kootenaycoopradio!.com/deconstruct!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Now that you've seen Supersize Me check out Fast Food Nation!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Fast_Food_N!.!.!.
http://www!.watershedmedia!.org/foodfight_!.!.!.
http://www!.grist!.org/comments/food/2008/!.!.!.
http://globalpublicmedia!.com/
http://kootenaycoopradio!.com/deconstruct!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Because it is cheaper to make, when you can take a simple crop (such as corn) and separate the components in to 5+ different ingredients the cost is going to be fairly low!. (depending on processing type)
Most of the so called "junk" foods are very cheap to make, this is mostly because they are nutrient poor, high in calories (and possibly fat) compared to another item which takes time to grow/raise!. (Time is a HUGE factor in cost)
also at "Meet your meat", I've seen this quite a few times now and a lot of the footage is very old!. More regulations and standards have been put in place to help prevent events like this from happening!.
Honestly, anyone can put together some of the worst events into a video and say "this is still happening now everywhere", even though it may only be a small % of locations!.
I have always been thankful for how our food was made, I understand the entire process, birth-death for various animals/plants, so I rarely take the food for granted (throwing away unused parts, waste, ect)!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
Most of the so called "junk" foods are very cheap to make, this is mostly because they are nutrient poor, high in calories (and possibly fat) compared to another item which takes time to grow/raise!. (Time is a HUGE factor in cost)
also at "Meet your meat", I've seen this quite a few times now and a lot of the footage is very old!. More regulations and standards have been put in place to help prevent events like this from happening!.
Honestly, anyone can put together some of the worst events into a video and say "this is still happening now everywhere", even though it may only be a small % of locations!.
I have always been thankful for how our food was made, I understand the entire process, birth-death for various animals/plants, so I rarely take the food for granted (throwing away unused parts, waste, ect)!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
Yeah, Meet Your Meat was a really strong motivator for me to become vegetarian!.!.!.
Um!.!.!. Yeah, I think the crap food is easier to manufacture and that's why it's cheaper!.!.!. Either that or the government wants to kill us off more quickly!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Um!.!.!. Yeah, I think the crap food is easier to manufacture and that's why it's cheaper!.!.!. Either that or the government wants to kill us off more quickly!Www@FoodAQ@Com
meet your meat!.!.it wasn't the video that made me go vegetarian, but it was very similar!. and i love real food, i do not like junk food!.!.i mean, its name alone represents what it isWww@FoodAQ@Com