Blog Entry 16. Let them Eat Fat

As shown on the passage, “Let them Eat Fat,” the fast food industry has targeted their business by taking advantage of the poorest in the country. My concern will be to stop buying their meal, until they give more healthy options on the menu, cease the negative advertisement, and people start cooking their own food as our grandparents used to do it.

Most people love to buy fast food, but they do not demand healthier options. If we go to the most popular fast food restaurant, McDonalds, we are only going to find one smart option free of saturated fat, “the Veggie Burger.” This demonstrates that costumers do not demand healthy meals. It is a reality that the obesity resulting from the super size portions is consuming the best years of our kids lives, especially black kids. We need to educate our kids to make better choices in their diet.

We have to cease the negative advertisements that these restaurants have created over the past years, and then this might stop the assimilation that the fast food industry has implemented on the poor people. As I have noted, people are engaged with the propaganda. They recall the songs, TV commercials, the names of the products, and so on. They identify themselves with the products.

Nowadays, people do not like to cook anymore. We have become so lazy that some people do not even have a kitchen anymore. We might need to go back to the old tradition of preparing our meals at home, as my grandmother used to do. Cooking can be delightful, if we share our recipes with our friends and relatives. This will be the best solution for avoiding those high calories food at the fast food restaurant, and it may save us a lot of money in the long run.

In conclusion, the poorest people in the country are being affected by the exaggerated consumption of high calories in fast food restaurants. We should fight together to avoid the malicious intentions of the well known fast food corporations. I think learning how to prepare healthier food at home will also help you to avoid bad choices in food.