Food
My history with fast food begins as
a little kid. I loved to go to McDonald’s, Jack in the Box, Burger King, Carls
Jr, In and Out, and any other place you can think of. I loved eating there
because it was so good. It had me hooked the first time I ever ate at one of
those places because everything tasted good and I was a little kid that did not
know how the food was made or what was in the food. I would just care if it
tasted good or not. Fast food wasn’t that big a part of my childhood though,
because I had my grandmother and my mother living with me and they made way
better homemade food than any fast food place. Even though my mom was good at
cooking she sometimes didn’t have the time to make food, so I would say that as
a little kid I would eat at fast food places fairly often. Maybe like twice a
month or less on average it wasn’t uncommon for us to eat fast food. I would
get two double cheeseburgers any time we went and that was it for me I didn’t
really like anything else at fast food places. As a kid I felt pretty happy
whenever we would go to any burger place because it felt like a reward to eat
there.
I loved eating fast food all my life
up until I got into my sophomore year of high school. My biology teacher Mr.
Daw educated me on the reality of fast food and there evil ways. He showed us
videos of how the corporations treated the animals, it was an awakening for me.
In the videos all the animals were fed corn and were not able to run freely,
because they are all caged in to a small confined area with no space to move.
Then Mr. Daw showed us the right way for animals to be treated, they were free
to run and eat grass and get exercise and they even had their own names and
were loved by their farmers. Ever since I was in Mr. Daw’s class my perception
of food changed drastically and I began to immediately see the reality of how
bad fast food places are. Now I never even think of going to a fast food place
because it just looks so disgusting and unhealthy to me now. Now has gotten
much better I am very glad that I don’t go to fast food places because I feel
much healthier now. Whenever I see a commercial of fast food on TV my stomach
starts to hurt because I get memories of when I used to eat that and how
horrible I felt. I also showed my whole family all of the things that Mr. Daw
showed me and they also stopped eating fast food and thanked me for showing them.
In conclusion fast food is nothing to me now I will never eat at any fast food
place ever again.
Some fast food chains were accused of putting a chemical known as MSG which did not alter the taste of food, rather, it made the consumer want more; MSG stands for Monosodium Glutomate, a chemical that triggers a portion of the brain that makes you eat. In a way, fast food would be considered an addiction as eating can release endorphins in the body that make your body feel at ease or relaxed. People who see documentaries about fast food chains don't realize that we live in a society were food is being pumped out faster and faster every day. Animals are considered then to be a product and are only cultivated to feed the masses, and even though million of videos can be made, it is still sad to see them treated in such fashions.
ReplyDeleteIt's so sad to see videos of how bad animals get treated how unhealthy they are. I once showed my mother and she couldn't believe it.
ReplyDeleteMother and Grandmother cooking is the best. I know what you mean, after I found out the truth about where fast food came from I didn’t see it the same any more.
ReplyDeleteseeing the reality of how fast food is made, and you sticking to your decision to never eating it again is very awesome of you. its so sick and cruel what they do to these poor animals. a lot of people still eat it even after knowing what these animals go through
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