Cat 4.3 Fat City

“I’m loving it!”, “We do chicken Right.” “Have it your way” what do these Three phrases have in common? Well they are the slogan for some of the world top Fast food Chains. The moment you hear the words “I’m loving it.” You think of McDonald and start thinking about a big Mac and fries. It is slogan likes these that make the fast industry a multibillion dollar juggernaut, but while these companies are making their profit lines fatter the food that they serve is just making us fat. This over consumption of fast food is turning us into a nation of overweight slob who will have shorter lifespan, poor physical health and a lot less money in our pockets.


In the article “let them eat fat” by Greg Critser the author disuses how the food companies are criticize by nutritionists and dietitians a like for the food that they serve but nation health problem is not their fault alone. In fact it is the public {specify the poor} that are asking for increase in cheap meals done quickly. Now while having a meal that only cost five dollars sound great to your wallet the long term cost is a bit too high. The long term cost from eating all these cheap meals is to your health. In our nation today we are dealing with more health problems than ever; from heart disease to diabetes the country physical health is being destroy by it over consumption of this kind of food. Oh and that money that you saved by eating that McDonald’s burger will end up go to your health insurance company to pay for your bypass surgery.

A perfect example of how a fast food diet can destroy your body is the movie “Super-size me.” In the documentary the filmmaker put himself on a diet of nothing but McDonalds’ for 30 days. During the course over the movie we see his body breakdown form consuming fast food. He experiences a number of health issues from this experiment. Now that was just 30 days now just imagine diet of this kind of food over 30 years. It is not a pleasant thought.

So what can we to stop this breakdown in our nation health? Well the easiest answer is to eat health but in today busy world that not is. Now I'm not tell you which to all soy diet. what i am trying to say is