Pros And Cons Of Corn

American society has grown so accustomed to receiving their food right away and in large quantities. Only in the past few decades has factory farming come into existence that has made consuming food a non guilt-free action. What originally was a hamburger with slaughtered cow meat is now slaughtered cow meat that’s filled with harmful chemicals. Not only that, the corn that that cow was fed with is also filled with chemicals to make them grow at a faster rate to get that hamburger on a dinner plate as quickly as possible. Bryan Walsh, a staff writer for Time Magazine specializing in environmental issues discusses in his article “America’s Food Crisis” how our food is not only bad for us but dangerous as well. The word dangerous

Journalist and novelist Michael Pollan writes about the trials and tribulations surrounding food in North America and raises questions regarding Western diet, which is mostly comprised of refined sugar and high fructose corn syrup and corn in general. He reiterates that chemically generated food is creating disease in North Americans; If we eliminate these factors and adopt the eating habits of less industrialized places in the world will we in our lifetime see rates of heart disease, type two diabetes and obesity decline dramatically? The western diet has evolved drastically in the last sixty years, so much so that people have become codependent on the government, dietitians and food agencies regarding their health and what to consume. The land is suffering from pesticides and singular plant farming, the alternative to this is to buy organic but at a higher price. Media has influenced the consumer to read the label and accept and trust the daily vitamin percentages on the box, as this is what is best for them. Money is the key factor in all of this and the government, scientific research and media know that, therefor the public is in for a shock when they realize that the very labels that are supposed to save them have fooled them.

Corn is not the ideal nutritious food. It wreaks havoc on the animal;s' digestive system and gets turned into sweeteners that makes people obese, aside from giving us an unhealthy diet. In other words, the industrial food chain that American man is sustained on is largely based on corn, whether in its direct form, fed to livestock, or processed into chemicals such as glucose, and the cheapest forms of these are high-fructose corn syrup and ethanol. The former, particularly, through a combination of biological, cultural, and political factors, appears in the cheapest and most common of foods that constitute the American diet. It is the ingredient that results in obesity, and, since it appears in the cheapest products, the ingredients that more poor, than wealthier individuals, consume.

Mark Twain, although quite the comedian, makes a valid point in “Corn-Pone Opinions”. The observation of humanity and its tendencies to follow what society promotes is a relevant occurrence today. Twain leads on “. . . that it’s born of the human being’s natural yearning to stand well with his fellows and have their inspiring approval and praise . . .” (720). Humans are not equipped to stand their own ground; they prefer to follow the leader. Twain puts it simply, “we are creatures of outside influences; as a rule we do not think, we only imitate” (719). Twain clearly makes his point noticeable to his audience, holding back no opinion throughout the

American food culture is not like other countries in the world; the diversity in foods and ethnicity creates its uniqueness. However, Americans mindset of “what should we have for dinner” and the poor decision making about food choices created the “omnivore’s dilemma” or what Pollan, in The Omnivore’s Dilemma calls the American national eating disorder. Pollan explored more about the food that Americans consume in “an investigation of food called the industrial food chain”(Pollan, Omnivore 110). While studying the products in supermarkets, Pollan realized that supermarkets offer a large variety of foods that contain corn, an unhealthy component, in most of its products. While Pollan is compelling claiming that American’s healthy food

The history of corn can be dated back to the beginning of time, but the use and value of corn had been unnoticed until it was introduce by the Native Americans. Where corn had seemed to be a big part of their everyday life from, being in myths, legends, and for a huge portion of their diet corn was an essential component. "when the Europeans had touched base to the New World during the late fifteenth century, the Native Americans had introduced corn what they had called maize to the Europeans .This crop was then later on grown and adapted from Canada to southern South America very quickly, which then began to form the new basis of the New World civilization" (Leventin & McManhon, 2012). The way corn has been changing and revolutionizing throughout time has been both fascinating and drastic. Rather than conventional corn being grown, it is genetically modified corn that have been dominating today 's crop industry and farming but the question remains as to how the various types of GMO corn has influenced the way it is grown and used and what its ramification are.

The 1970’s the United States signaled a pivotal shift for a “ just deserts,” philosophy to model their criminal justice system. With increase punishment for individuals, thousands of prisons were built in order to cope with the rising number of inmates. With the adoption of a punishment oriented philosophy, “ the war on drugs,” emerged as the nation’s solution to deter drug use and drug related crimes. Changes in the criminal justice system produce policy spillover into other branches like prisons, police, and even drug enforcement ; the “ war on drugs,” and stop and frisk are examples of this policy spillover. The crack epidemic in the 1980’s ( approximately 10 years after the start of the “ war on drugs,”) only further prompted politicians

Transgenic Corn- Bt corn is one of the many corn varieties which has become both commercially and ecologically popular, it is corn that is essentially invulnerable to Caterpillars and Other Boring insects because of this and the need not to intensively use weedkiller on the affected corn Farmers can cut down on the use of Roundup and other weed killers and insecticides.

According to the USDA in 1995, the year before GMO corn was introduced, the average yield was 113.5 bushels per acre.

Sorry DiCarlo, I’m going to have to side with DK on this one. In my opinion, when eating both corn fed and grass fed beef with seasoning, butter, etc. you can’t tell the difference because the other flavors are masking it. However, in natural form with no seasoning, butter, etc., you can taste the difference between grass fed and corn fed. Whether one tastes better than the other is a matter of personal preference. Corn fed cows have a higher fat content and their meat is “juicier”. That is why when cooking grass fed burgers; many cooks opt to add butter (help give it that fat flavor). Corn is fattier than grass. While the grass fed is leaner than the grain fed, the majority of the flavor comes from the fat itself. Why? Because the flavors

I asked further on your question regarding points transfers from the Merrill Plus Card to the Premium Rewards card or another Bank of America card- you do have the ability to transfer points, but all Bank of America points are redeemed at a penny per point ($.01), as opposed to the Merrill Plus card, which allows redemption of 2 pennies per point ($.02) for airline tickets. Therefore, it is not beneficial for clients to transfer points (as you pointed out) to the new card, if they are planning on redeeming for airline tickets (if clients typically get redemptions in cash, the math will be the same, but they should probably be advised to redeem their points for airline tickets to get the same bang for your buck.

In the United States of America, corn ethanol is the main raw material we use to move our vehicles to accomplish our daily goals. Obviously, corn ethanol is presenting ethanol by corn. The biomass in the ethanol adds fermentation, a system that breaks down any chemicals or other substance in any liquid. Additionally, it is added distillation, the action of purifying the process of heating and cooling. This is how corn ethanol is made.

Corn even turned up in French fries (23 percent).” (Patrigenaru) What is wrong with all this corn? Growing corn involves an abundance amount of pesticides and fertilizers that release chemicals into the soils that eventually make it to the water tables underneath. the ground. That can be terrible for the environment. Also, eating too much corn can cause an abundance of calories in a diet and not enough nutrients necessary to sustain a healthy body. In other words, corn replaces nutrients with an excess of calories. Patrigenaru also points out, “More than a quarter of products in the average American supermarket now contain corn or its derivatives.” (Patrigenaru) Since corn replaces nutrients with calories and is in almost everything that is consumed in America now, it is plain to see why the United States is one of the fattest countries in the world. Processed food are becoming more and more prevalent in the American diet day to day. Kim Rhyssdal wrote in an article based on an interview, “Processed foods are, plus or minus, 70 percent of what most of us eat.” (Ryssdal) 70 percent is a very damaging piece of evidence to the conviction of the American diet. While corn is the leading source of the unhealthiness of Americans, added sugar and fat are not far behind. Tim Philpot wrote in an article, “As for added fats and sugars, their 2008 levels reached 459 and 641,

Corn is a mainstay of the diet of livestock as there are no other cheap and plentiful feeds. Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations are a direct result of corn subsidies such as the ethanol boom which have been ever-growing in surpluses. There has also been a rise of modern family farms due to the surpluses that soared years after the Second World War as a result of the widespread use of petrochemical fertilizers. A corn diet affects the meat consumed as cows fed on corn develop well-marbled flesh which gives the meat a likeable taste and texture. At the same time this meat is termed unhealthy due to its high content of saturated fat. The fat is unhealthy and believed to promote heart diseases. There is also numerous health problems associated

Dietary guidelines offer suggestions for making healthy food choices and serves as a foundation for nutrition-related policies and assistance programs across the United States. Since the early 20th century, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released dietary recommendations based on the current public health concerns. The USDA has two main goals – to promote the use of agricultural products and give dietary advice (Herman). Early on, the two goals seemed consistent with one another, since many Americans were suffering from nutritional deficiencies and encouraging the consumption was the most appropriate answer. A conflict emerged when the