I use to believe that the reason why Americans ate poorly is because they are simply living in a fast aced society, and are misinformed. Know I don't believe that. With many great products out there such as "super size me” Americans should get the point that fast foods are terrible for you. I remember in my Psychology class we were talking about eating disorders and the girl that sat next to me mentioned to our teacher about "super size me.”

She told our teacher of the negative effects that fast foods had on American people. And what she said last disturbed me, she said that right after she saw the movie, she went to get some McDonalds! Some people know the information but they just don't care. I will have more understanding for someone that has no idea, but if you're an adult you should take more responsibility for your eating habits.

One for your health and well being, and two if you have kids you want to ring them up eating the good stuff. Okay know let's talk about fast foods. Most people know that fast foods are not good for you, but most of them don't know what exactly makes it unhealthy. Well let me tell you something about fast food restaurants; in the early years they were not that bad for your health. That's right when McDonalds first started it was a decent place to eat.

Everything was made from scratch, the way food should be. The potatoes were cut and peeled and fry that day. They didn't add any chemicals or who no what else to the foods, everything was natural. Well with industrialization comes their benefit, but however it did have their negatives. In the 1960s McDonalds started to cut it labor costs so it got ride of the people that chopped and peeled the vegetables. They soon discovered the idea of pre making everything. That translates to processed foods. Many people didn't realize the change in taste.

When I was writing this article I decided to call my

local McDonalds and ask the manager some questions. I asked how the fries are made and what equipment they use to fry them. The manager was very clueless, she just said that the french fries arrive from the truck everyday and that they deep fry it in the fryer. That's alls he knew about the fries. What surprised me is not only how clueless the customers are about the food they are receiving from fast food restaurants, but also how clueless the people are that is actually working there. It's like me receiving food from a truck and me just prepare it and eat it. Do you really trust that? Well many people are doing that when they are picking up pre frozen foods and not reading the ingredient information.

The McDonalds restaurants became an assemble line. There were large factories that mass produced the food products and they hired people to do individual tasks whether it is to fry potatoes, put the condiments on burgers, or serve drinks. They needed an easier way to make mass productions of there food. In the early years McDonald made there fries from cottonseed oil and beef lard or tallow. That what gave McDonalds fries there secret taste. Well, ever since then there were complaints and etc going on about the overdose of saturated fats in which McDonald's food had. So in 1990 to replace the saturated fat content they started using vegetable oils, in particular hydrogenated vegetable oils. The effects of hydrogenated oils are far more dangerous than saturated fats. Are they worth your health?

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