Basics of the Food Industry

             The food that we ingest will be separated into many
             biochemical energies giving to different organs in their bodies after
             digestions. In other words, food will become a part of their bodies, and
             that determines their bodies' performance. Therefore the quality of food
             will directly reflect on their health, and that is the thing they should
             care about the most. Unfortunately, as the rapid development of economy,
             advanced science, and technology, the pace of people's lives are constantly
             accelerating. Consequently, people wish everything can be faster and faster
             just like cell phones, internet, as well as food, so that many of them
             ignore the importance of eating healthy. As a result, they offer an
             opportunity for more and more food companies to procure business advantage
             by producing convenient, low cost, and industrial food, and leave their
             health behind. As Robert Kenner states in the book Food, Inc. that food
             industry influences "our health, our environment, our economy, and the
             rights of workers" (27). He points to the bad influences of the food
             industry which impact every corner of people's lives. The food industry
             leads people to an unhealthy lifestyle by excessive advertising, abundant
             People's lifestyles are easily misled by the food industry via media
             excessive advertising. In the recent three decades, telecommunication
             technology is widely used in this world. Internet, television, radio, and
             cellphones have already broken through the traditional limit of time and
             space, logistics, and information flow. That provides an excellent
             opportunity for commercials. As Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson say in
             their book, Chew On This, "During the course of a year, the typical
             American child watches more than 40000 TV commercials. About 20000 of those
             ads are for junk food: soda, candy, breakfast cereals, and fast food" (57).
             From that statistic number I find that the kids watch an ave...

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