Dr. David Kessler raises an
interesting yet reasonable point in his article “The End of Over Eating”. What
is more mind bottling is there are great similarities between Kessler’s article
and the CAFO system, which I’ve talked much about in my blogs. This passage
will describe the link between Kessler and CAFO’s system.
Basically Kessler’s writes about
the connection between how a human brain works, especially the neurological
response to pleaser, and the main ingredients in certain junk foods that
trigger pleasure to a human. This causes an unhealthy way of eating called
“Over eating”. Personally I always had this issue with certain junk food that I
craved, it never made sense to me until now.
A point the Kessler made in his article that really stood out was when
he states “Foods high in
fat, salt and sugar alter the brain's chemistry in ways that compel people to
overeat. ‘Much of the scientific research around overeating has been physiology
-- what's going on in our body,’ he said. ‘The real question is what's going on
in our brain’” (Kessler). Kessler changes your perspective from looking at what
you eat to why you crave the things you eat.
Which brings me to the CAFO system. “The Cafo Reader:
Tragedy of the food industry” by David Imhoff is a book I’ve mentioned a lot in
most of my blogs. David Imhoff describes where most meat comes from, how its
made and the effects of this mal-practice. Essentially it’s a corrupt business
filled with filth, torture and insanity, which is transferred into our meat.
Same meat we consume, mostly fast food restaurants and cheap supermarket
poultry. The link between Imhoff book
and Kessler’s article is where Imhoff assures us “Americans
obtain enormous amounts of meat and poultry on a daily basis so it’s logical to
create a system that can feed a billion of us in the shortest amount of time.
Since the 1920’s when scientist discovered adding vitamins A and D to the food
the give these animals will help them keep the animals inside for a full year,
able to channel their energy so they can grow faster. Ever since then mortality
and diseases have been growing faster as well. These outbreaks weren’t only
caused from confinement, livestock’s are given regular doses of antibiotics too
grow faster, pasture was replaced by grains, and farmers turned to technology
(synthetic fertilizers, toxic pesticides and herbicides)” (Imhoff 70). In fewer
word, that unhealthy meat designed by the CAFO system which most fast food’s
consume from and the reason why our brains are addicted to them, links us to the
un-natural way they are made.
The ingredient’s we put in our body affects
the way our mind works. The similarities between both Kessler and Imhoff are
astonishing and very interesting to look into.
Hey, I'm Robbie from Coopers other ENG 101 class. First off id like to say that you very clearly followed the instructions given to you. You paraphrased Kesslers piece and then Imhoffs and presented a clear correlation between the two. I like the colloquial tone of your blog it makes it more pleasant to read. In terms of improvements you may want to make a clearer connection in your own words rather than drawing so much off Imhoffs quote. Overall this was a good blog :)
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