Food #2 - Internet Research

question: i just thought up this question: what foods do americans buldge on or have excess take-in of? (and other info.)

as i read 6+ articles on this question i found out that the foods (mostly worst foods) americans, majority, eat more of include french fries, donuts, soda, bacon and hot dogs, chips, pizza, mexican, sweets; foods that have salt, sugar (like corn syrup) or flour in them. i also read more about how americans worry about shoving the food down their throats and not enjoying the food, the taste, the journey foods can take you on. if you look at rachel ray for example, she had a food show that she became wild famous for, the one about easy cooking; cooking that takes 30 minutes or less. my question is .. really? in my opnion cooking good food, overall, doesnt take 30 minutes or less. it takes more than that, something that opposite rachel ray, her tv-mate ina garten demonstrates more of. along with that, according to the Science Daily, americans tend to use EXTERNAL CUES (eg: have they finished thier drink? is thier plate clean?) rather than INTERNAL CUES (eg: not felling hungry anymore) to help them determine whether they are full or not. according to Dr. David Kessler, we even eat when in reality we're not even fucking hungry (i have to admit, damn, i'm guilty of doing all this, but not always. i even know im doing it but dont care ).

blame the food industry ... in part.


sources:
1.five worst foods americans eat daily by jennifer lee (http://www.rense.com/general70/daily.htm)
2. http://www.ift.org/cms/?pid=1000496
3.http://www.ehow.com/video_4399864_what-americans-eat.html
4.http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/index.php?title=how_americans_eat&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
5.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080215103153.htm
6.http://www.city-data.com/forum/food-drink/551091-dark-side-behind-what-americans-eat.html
7.http://www.aces.edu/dept/extcomm/newspaper/fastfoods.html
8.http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/28/earlyshow/main4973595.shtml?source=RSSattr=Health_4973595
9.http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2009-02/2009-02-17-voa1.cfm
10.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4662296



(you probably already knew this or not, but can you believe china has variety of produce, like 10 different kinds of melons! unlike in the US where we have only one or two. OMG! i didnt even know there was such a thing!! damnnnnnnn. wow. )