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Super Size Me: How Food Is Important To A Culture

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Is food important to a culture? One of the obvious ways in which culture is essential to food is through the types of ingredients and dishes that are used in a particular culture. In many ways, food can be the gateway into someone’s life and background. While food can change from different cultures but in all, we all use culture to see who we are and how we act. Someone from Italy could have a different mindset and overlook food than someone who lives in America. While living in Italy it was easier to understand the culture and background of the country through the food. While there I learned that Europeans like to incorporate certain American food into their cultures. In the town of Aviano, many of Aviano’s restaurants such as New Risto, Casa …show more content…

Public Divide Over Food Science by authors Cary Funk and Brain Kenndy explored food's different views and risks. The text states that many Americans know the factors of the increased risk of their eating habits. “Concerns about obesity, food allergies and other health effects of food are fueling a new level of scrutiny of chemicals and additives in foods and contributes to shifting notions about size, sugar, and fat content” (Funk and Kennedy 3). This was brought to the public attention after the film “Super Size Me” by Morgan Spurlock was released in 2004. Spurlock wanted to make a documentary talk about the health effects of eating only fast food for a long period. In this case, the fast-food restaurant that Surplock picked was Mcdonald's. Over 30 days, Spurlock ended up gaining 24.5 …show more content…

It also varies from people because throughout history people have been traded, invaded, and Americanized. “The range of culinary styles within India means that authenticity is more accurately tied to a region” (Collingham 8). Elizabeth M. Collingham wrote Curry: A tale of Cook and Conquerors which tells the history of Indian food and how it was changed by invaders and colonizers. Collingham states that Indian dishes are different and similar in various ways. “ Even the more traditional restaurants are beginning to follow this trend and advertise their dishes as “authentic” (Collingham

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In 2003, a brave, middle-aged man named Morgan Spurlock decided to take one for the human race and carry out a scientific experiment using himself as the guinea pig. Morgan Spurlock, the director, producer and the star of the documentary, Supersize Me, decided to go on a diet that consists of nothing but McDonald’s products for thirty days straight, including their bottled water. Spurlock then followed a specific set of rules to govern his eating habits. Throughout the 100-minutes film, which filmed and documented his actions for thirty days, Spurlock wittingly brought awareness with the sneaking danger behind fast food meals by using mastered rhetorical appeals: logos, pathos and ethos.

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In documentay, Supersize Me, the filmmaker, Morgan Spurlock made this film to inform the audience about how dangers of eating fat food. Fast food is not only unhealthy to eat, but it could damage people’s healths. I think that Spurlock did a fantastic job to persuade the audience. He used three techniques of logos, pathos, and ethos to grab the audiences attention to his documentary. He did not just give the information about the dangers of eating too much fast food, however, his documentary is also entertaining the audiences as well.

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The timeliness of this article is more likely to get people who support his opinion because people are more aware of what they are eating nowadays. Bittman stated himself that ever since “Morgan Spurlock almost ate himself to death, our relationship with fast food has changed” (3). His allusion to such a powerful film that influenced many people expresses his strength in using rhetorical

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Supersize Me, The Truth Revealed In the film “Supersize Me” the strategies they use to convince the viewer that McDonalds is unhealthy are misleading and distort the truth. During the documentary Morgan Spurlock stages a lot of the content used. One example of this is when he throws up from the first time he eats a supersized meal. Throughout the entire documentary he gets supersized meals nine times but yet he only throws up the first time he eats a supersized meal.

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Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me, shed a bright light not only on the fast growing obesity trend in America but to the companies that support them, as well. Spurlock, the film’s director and star, sacrificed his body and mind to bring attention to how too much fast food in one’s diet can be very harmful. The film was highly informative, with many interviews, and day-by-day scenes of Spurlock as he faces his McDonald’s challenge. The film supported anti-obesity using statistics with supporting information. The story of Morgan Spurlock as he faces his McDonald’s challenge and desperately tries to bring attention to this health epidemic, is highly captivating.

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Though he was mostly concerned about the labor exploitation in industrialized cities, Sinclair’s gripping description of the filthy conditions and frequent contamination of food caused disturbing revelation in the public for the lack of concern over cleanliness and the disgusting conditions of the meat-packing facilities. Sinclair’s exposé and resulting public pressure on President Roosevelt led to the creation of the Meat Inspection Act, the Pure Food and Drug Act, and the Food and Drug Administration, which still regulates all food sold in the United States. Before Sinclair’s book, Americans were blissfully unaware of the state their food was being produced, but due to Sinclair’s “muckraking”, the public were now informed and took the proper procedures needed to right it. More modernly, the movie Super Size Me (2004), a documentary film that follows director Morgan Spurlock through a 30-day period where he consumed only McDonald’s food, highlighted the life-risking and dangerous qualities of fast food and—like The Jungle— attributed to change. Spurlock’s movie received critical and public acclaim, and six weeks after the release, McDonald’s removed the Super Size option from the menu and introduced “Go Active” adult happy meals.

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Differences make cultures, and show what each has to offer. In the case of food, “The ingredients, methods of preparation, preservation techniques, and types of food eaten at different meals vary among cultures”(Unknown). In my life I have noticed that each culture has a traditional meal which involves rice, bread, and meat. Not all cultures have this but most do and they all are prepared completely different and looked nothing alike. I have experienced that different countries prepare food differently, Americans fry a lot more food compared to South Americans who grill meat a healthier way.

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The evolving nature of food is affirmed using the evidence presented through visuals, varying sources and expertise of individuals, in the documentaries Supersize me and Food Inc. To begin with, the use of varying visuals is exhibited in the camera angles that the documentary possesses, manipulating the way the viewer sees the subject. Furthermore, the documentaries contain data that is backed up by multiple sources, assuring the reader of the validity of the information being presented. Additionally, their information is further ascertained using interviews from people who are experts in the subject matter and factual statistics that favour their argument. Overall the documentaries provide valid and well supported ideas that convince the viewers that the presented subject matter is significant.

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In David Freedman’s essay How Junk food Can End Obesity, Freedman makes the claim to policy arguing that instead of demonizing processed foods, Americans should instead support the idea and production of healthier processed and junk foods. He calls on the public to recognize that while many products on the market these days are labeled as “wholesome” and “healthy”, consumers should learn to become aware of the fat and calorie content in these products because many times they have the same- if not more- fat and calorie contents as that of a typical Big Mac or Whopper. In his essay, Freedman primarily places blame on the media and the wholesome food movement for the condemnation of the fast and processed food industries saying, “An enormous amount of media space has been dedicated to promoting the notion that all processed food, and only processed food, us making us sickly and overweight” (Freedman), he further expresses that this portrayal of the

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Choi then quotes the Director of food studies at New York University, providing relevancy and authenticity to her work. The statement also establishes a link between what we eat and how it connects to particular memories and places in our minds. Moving on, the article is divided into six different subheadings. Each subheading explains the origin of indigenous food in different countries and what that denotes particular culture. Broadly speaking, food is necessary for survival, signifies status denotes pleasure, brings communities together and is essential for humanity.

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In the 2004 academy award nominated documentary Super Size Me, director Morgan Spurlock presents unsettling information about the health risks associated with a fast food exclusive diet (McDonald’s specifically). During this film, Morgan Spurlock uses several different field research methods to test his hypothesis and validate his findings. In one particular scene, we are shown the decomposition of McDonald’s food over a ten week span. Using observation-based research, we can clearly see how McDonald’s hamburgers and fries decay compared to hamburgers and fries lacking artificial preservatives. After a ten week period, we are shown that McDonald’s fries are seemingly unaffected.

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Super-Size Me is a documentary film, created by Morgan Spurlock. This documentary emphasizes the message of the risks of consuming fast food and the outcomes that fast food has on people’s health. Spurlock came up with this idea from a lawsuit that involved two young girls suing McDonalds for their weight problems. The presiding judge over this case ruled that there was not sufficient evidence that their health issues were caused by consuming food from McDonalds. As an experiment to see if these girl’s claim had any merit, Spurlock was determined to only consume food from McDonalds for thirty days and see if there was any correlation between eating fast food and declining of health.

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Though an immensely important aspect of food is a nourishing supplement; it is not the sole significance of food in human’s lives. Food is symbolic. Food connects people. It is a collective activity everyone must experience; thus meaning it allows people to relate more easily between each other. There is no universal type of food in each society due to the fact that the world is multicultural.

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Without culture, would food end up mattering? Every culture has different forms and tastes of food, and every person has some tweaks they add to their own diet. Frequently, people learn what to eat from their family who share their culture, such as their parents and other loving family members. People around the world express their identity with what they eat on a daily basis. While, it is important to recognize that some will oppose the synergistic relationship between food and culture, it has been proven that they are indeed related.

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Culture and memories are expressed through food. Everyone can identify themselves with a concrete culture and in every group there are numerous food dishes that satisfies one, or brings back peerless memories and feelings only they can relate to. Food itself has meaning attached to it, from the way it is prepared down to the ingredients used. Factors that influence food can be anything from practices and beliefs to the economy and distribution. Culinary traditions are important in helping express cultural identity.

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