Essay, Research Paper: Don't Get Weighed Down

Don't Get Weighed Down
Did you know that one Quarter Pounder from McDonalds has 430 calories, 21
grams of fat, and 70 mg. of cholesterol? Add cheese to that Quarter Pounder
and you add
100 calories and nine grams of fat. McDonalds is not the only unhealthy
restaurant. Pizza
Hut, Burger King, and Wendys also contribute to Americans unhealthy eating
habits.
America needs to stop advertising such unhealthy eating. How often do you
hear of a
ninety-nine cent special on a salad? Americans like there food fast and
don't care to
realize the effects that fast foods have on there bodies. Since, the media
has such a strong
influence on Americans so, I believe that if healthy food is more advertised
it will be eaten
more. America needs to practice healthier eating behaviors.
The media is all about fast food. Who doesn't know the slogan At
McDonnell's
we love to see you smile? If the media took a step back and focused on
positive eating the
public will react and chose a healthier lifestyle. Americas leading cause of
death is heart
disease. The chance of an American dying from heart disease is two out of
five. Heart
disease is caused from bad nutrition, weight problems, and high blood
pressure. Heart
disease has increased every year for the past twenty. Why isn't anyone doing
anything
about it? Heart disease can be fought. A persons eating habits is the number
one way to
prevent heart disease. Fruits and vegetables are key to a healthy lifestyle.
What fast food
restaurant has fruit and vegetables on there menu? When do you see a sign
for a fruit
salad special? The media does not condone healthy eating. Dr. William
suggests, Eating
as though your life depends on it. Change your eating habits now before your
faced with
a serious disease. Eating healthy reduces the risk of many diseases and can
lead to a
happier, longer, and healthier life. The media needs to post this right over
ever fast food
restaurant.
The media has fast food billboards everywhere you look. Every other
commercial
on the radio has to do with a fast food restaurant. And the TV, do I even
need to state
how many fast food commercials we see a day? America has more over weight
people
than any other country in the world. Sixty percent of our countries
population is over
weight. This is because of the unhealthy eating habits that Americans have.
Then after
the media has everyone eating this unhealthy and fating food they say that
the perfect size
for a female to be is a size two! What insanity! The media holds your hand
walks you
into the restaurant and then after you eat your meal they say your FAT. This
contrast is
making many Americans develop eating disorders. Blumia and anorexia are more
common today than ever. These serious diseases cause death in many Americans
a year. It
is not difficult to understand why when they shown such contrary images.
Americans are
trying to fit this impossible mold that the media has created and we as
Americans need to
put an end to it. The media is hurting Americans and it needs to be stopped.

The media makes Americans naive to what they consume. Americans number
one
excuse for unhealthy eating is that they dont have time to prepare a healthy
and nutrious
meal. Dr. Goethe states, Once you know about something you start seeing it
everywhere, and this is certainly true about nutrition. Americans are
ignorant when it
comes to nutrition. If Americans where more educated about healthy eating
habits it
would not be difficult to purchase heather food from the grocery store or to
order a
healthier meal at a restaurant. There is no nutrition facts on any fast food
item.
Americans dont know what they are consuming. They just see a delicious
hamburger on
billboard that is quick and fast and they dont give it any thought. Every
fast food item
should have the nutrion facts all over it. Once Americans know what they are
consuming,
they may take the extra time to prepare or eat a healthy meal.
The four food groups dont exist to the media. Americans used to follow
the food
groups religiously now the biggest group is fats. Americans dont realize
they need proper
nutrions to run there body healthy and smoothly. The largest food group is
fruits and
vegetables. Vegetables provide protein for the body. Fruits and some
vegetables provide
vitamins and minerals needed to digest your food properly. Energy does come
from fat.
It does not come from fast food fats but, fats in grains, fruits, and
vegetables. Remember
your four food groups dont get caught up in the media hype. Eating from the
four food
groups is still as healthy as it always was.
Water, H2O, Agua... did the American society forget it existed?
Americans order
a meal combo from any fast food place. The meal comes with a drink. No one
is going to
order a water with there combo! Milk is not very healthy to drink either.
Dr. Klaper
states, Cows milk is a fluid that will turn a sixty five pound calf into a
five hundred pound
cow in a year! People trying to get leaner and healthy should not consume
milk as a fluid.
Water should be the only fluid for quenching thirst. The body needs water to
survive.
Americans dont pay any attention to there thirst. A person may think they
are hungry
when they are really thirsty. They eat there fast food and drink there pop
and they think
they are still hungry! No, they are even thirstier. Drink water out of your
sink, out of a
bottle, just drink it and it will get to be a habit. Eventually the only
thing that will quench
your thirst will be water.
Why do we let the media control our own eating habits? They are killing
us
slowly. Do yourself and fellow Americans a favor dont eat at such lousy food
places.
Dont let the media win you over. Take a stand for your health. It is never
to late to
break a bad habit. Realize the media does not care about you. Think about
how much fat
is in the Quarter Pounder you just order and see if you still want that
greasy and awful
item in your body. The less fat and protein you put into your body the
healthier you will
be. It is your body, dont let the media control that.


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