2016年11月24日木曜日

Introducing video related to "Fast food nation"

As I've explained in the post before, I'm reading a book called "Fast food Nation". On this post I would like to introduce a video related to the topic of the book. This video explain us about fast food in the United States and  how it could affect the people in a negative way. It is focusing just on American people, but since fast food is getting more and more popular in many countries the message this video has could be said to many people.



2016年11月20日日曜日

Fast food nation


Hi! For the first post I would like to introduce a book that I am reading in class which is "Fast food nation: the dark side of all-American meal"

It is a famous book by Eric Scholisser, which points out the dangers hidden in fast food. We tend to eat fast foods with out any thoughts or doubt. However, most people don't fully understand what we're eating. Who is making it? How is it made? What ingredients does it use? Are they really safe? I like fast food but I often hear dark rumors about them and was a little suspicious of its health affects. So I thought this book was very good for me in order to understand more about it.

The book is roughly split in to two parts. First part introduces the history of fast foods and about fast food industry itself. Second half explains about ingredients used in fast foods such as beefs and chips. The author writes about farms based on what he saw and the reality he heard from people. Right now I'm in the middle of reading first half of the book. So I've only read the brief history of fast food and introduction of Mc Donald's. I haven't got to the main section of the book yet so I am looking forward of reading the rest.