Reahgan Julian

Professor Dunham

English II

02 July 2019

Casebook

Fuhrman, Joel. Fast Food Genocide: How to Win the Battle against Processed Food and Take

Back Our Health. Harper One, 2017. EBSCOhost,

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Joel Fuhrman, New York times #1 bestselling author explores how our food is killing us and the

ways in which we are unknowingly, hosts in an exploding health crisis. Fast food is far

more than just the burgers, fries, and burritos served at chain restaurants… it is also the

toxic, human-engineered products found in every grocery store across America.

Throughout the book, he is referring to things we eat everyday like cheese, chips, meats,

and even those like energy bars. The toxic ingredients found in these foods cause heart

attacks, strokes, cancer, obesity, ADHD, autism, allergies, and autoimmune diseases, etc.

This source is phenomenal as he is New York Times bestselling author, board-certified

physician, nutritional researcher, and leading voice in the health field. He also wrote

another bestselling book “Eat to Live and The End of Diabetes”. I will particularly use

this resource to help support why the problem of poor nutrition is deeper, more serious,

and more pervasive. I plan to do so by including the 25 years of data and information
Goldstein, M. (2018, December 11). The United States has an Epidemic of Processed Food —

and it’s Killing Us. Retrieved June 23, 2019, from Medium:

https://blog.usejournal.com/the-united-states-has-an-epidemic-of-processed-food-and-its-

killing-us-bb3a9a9a0547

Manya Goldstein writes that, more than 60 percent of the American diet consists of highly

processed foods including the innocent looking ones in the kitchen. For instance, most

industrially produced breads contain refined grains, sugars, emulsifiers, dough

conditioners and preservatives synthetic vitamins. This is true for just about anything we

eat. Manya is a renowned Rutgers University journalism graduate who conquered POTS

and now writes about lifestyle’s connection to disease. She speaks a lot from personal

experiences where she learned that the body is an interconnected system, influenced by

everything from the food we eat to the lifestyle we lead. Goldstein uses her own

experience and research to go in great depth about what is seeming the smallest things,

like sugar, or vitamins, and explains what process they go through and how harsh the

outcome may be such as Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and cardiovascular risk. I hope to use this

article to assist in breaking down the truth about food industry and to give readers enough

information to change the way you look at common “healthy foods”

Hendel, A. (2018, September 10). Are Processed Foods Killing Us? (C. Roberts, Editor)

Retrieved June 23, 2019, from Health Central:

https://www.healthcenteral.com/article/are-processed-foods-killing-us

Amy Hendel particularly focuses on the body’s natural reactions to nutrients such as carbs,

fibers, fats, etc. She does this to inform consumers of all ages what the differences are as

far as nutrients go food to food. She compares those from a healthy source and those that
 are processed, or “immediate”. That means we are eating a less nutrient dense diet, filled

with processed ingredients that don’t offer health benefits. All calories are not created

equal, no matter where they come from. Amy is a health writer for the Health Central cite

and all articles are medically reviewed by doctors as well as the information presented. I

will use this article to help support other sources by including the differences between

nutrients like carbs, fat, sugars.

Jo, Amanda. GMO Foods Are Killing Us. 28 May 2013. Electronic. 23 June 2019.

<https://www.elitedaily.com/life/gmos-are-killing-us>.

Amanda Jo mainly focuses on GMOS. Mush like the other articles, she explains how even the

most innocent looking foods can often be the worst for us as they are packed with

GMOS. These are Genetically Modified Organisms, which is when genes from the DNA

of one species are extracted and artificially forced into the genes of an unrelated plant or

animal. The genes may come from bacteria, viruses, insects, animals or even humans.

They are man-made, toxic products the human body is not made to consume and digest.

Genetically modified foods have been linked to sick, sterile and dead livestock, and when

tested on lab animals, damaged virtually every organ of the animal tested. Which

Amanda also explains that this in return makes us humans sicker, and we all know what

happens when we get sick…. we pay a doctor to take care of us. It’s a horrible game at

our expense. Amanda Jo is a journalist for the news site “Elite daily”, her goal when

writing this article is to expose the unknown world of GMOS and prevail a lot of its

secrets and lies. She has done a lot of research into particular companies that everyone in

America is familiar with. That is how I plan to use this source. She gives a numbered list
 that digs deep and prevails a lot of specifics about GMOS and how companies find a way

around regulations to hid it from consumers.

Montell, Amanda. Processed Foods Aren't Killing You—Hyper-Processed Foods Are. 12 June

2019. Electronic. 23 June 2019. <https://www.byrdie.com/what-are-processed-foods>.

Amanda Montell writes that there is a major difference in nutrition between foods that are

processed and foods that are hyper-processed. You have your minimally processed foods

that were simply prepped for convenience, like chopped vegetables and roasted nuts.

There are foods that were processed at their peak freshness to ensure nutritional quality

and tastiness, like canned beans and frozen fruits. And then there’s foods like packaged

snacks frozen meals, and processed meats all that fall under the category of hyper-

processed. hyper-processed foods like breakfast bars and instant noodles can have several

negative effects on your health. These foods introduce foreign chemicals to the body. The

writer intended to differentiate processed foods and hyper-processed foods and to help

guide consumers to read the ingredients to help their diets. Amanda Montell is a

journalist for the wellness site Byrdie. Throughout the article, she also directly sites other

credible sources such as doctors and health professionals. I want to use this as a positive

informant. The article is good at giving processed foods a better name. Because a lot of

the time, they can be healthy if choses wisely.

Nakamura, Ryota. “Price Promotions on Healthier Compared with Less Healthy ...” American

Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Mar. 2015, www.researchgate.net/profile/Eva_Almiron-

Roig/publication/274397313_Price_promotions_on_healthier_compared_with_less_healt

hy_foods_A_hierarchical_regression_analysis_of_the_impact_on_sales_and_social_patte

rning_of_responses_to_promotions_in_Great_Britain/links/5583eb4c08ae89172b8619ff/
 Price-promotions-on-healthier-compared-with-less-healthy-foods-A-hierarchical-

regression-analysis-of-the-impact-on-sales-and-social-patterning-of-responses-to-

promotions-in-Great-Britain.pdf.

Ryota writes that there is a growing concern, but limited evidence, that price promotions contribute to a

poor diet and the social patterning of diet-related disease. Price promotions are commonly used

in store with the aims of boosting purchasing by reducing the price of products as well as

possibly stimulating impulsive purchases by increasing the prominence of items in store (e.g., via

tags and placement). There is a growing concern that such promotional activities by the food

industry may contribute to poor dietary intake particularly in individuals who are more socially

deprived. The objective in writing this was to answer the following questions:

1Are less-healthy foods more likely to be promoted than healthier foods?

2Are consumers more responsive to promotions on less-healthy products?

3Are there socioeconomic differences in food purchases in

response to price promotions

This article was submitted and accepted to the Behavior and Health Research Unit, Institute of Public

Health, Cambridge by the author and the editors. I plan to use the statistics used in the article to

give my paper some diversity as it has a lot of information from a different country that appears

to be similar to those of the United States which proves that it is a global issue.

Tracy Kuo Lin, et al. “The Effect of Sugar and Processed Food Imports on the Prevalence of

Overweight and Obesity in 172 Countries.” Globalization and Health, no. 1, 2018, p. 1.

EBSCOhost, doi:10.1186/s12992-018-0344-y.
Kuo Lin states that Studies find that economic, political, and social globalization – as well as

trade liberalization specifically – influence the prevalence of overweight and obesity in

countries through increasing the availability and affordability of unhealthful food.

Various sub-components of globalization interact, leading individuals in countries that

experience higher levels of globalization to prefer, import, and consume more imported

sugar and processed food products than individuals in countries that experience lower

levels of globalization. However, overweight and obesity is not only an issue for high-

income countries but also a tremendous concern in many low-income, middle-income

countries, or particularly third-world countries. These countries are facing a “double

burden” of disease. The purpose of this article was to research the same issue and

compare how it can differ based on certain circumstances such as location, or wealth in

that particular location. This work was submitted to the Globalization and Health site by

BioMed Central. Much like the previous source, I plan to use this article to incorporate

diversity by explaining how the same problem can affect anyone in the world.