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    Fat was viewed as the original epitome of evil when it came to health issues. However, as of recently, the tides may have changed and redirected towards sugar. The American diet has been reducing fat but sugar-related issues like diabetes, obesity, and heart disease has continued to plague Americans. Some scientists put the blame on sugar and the increasing sugar content in all the foods that are being consumed. Still, it is hard to prove this and studies are tackling the issue. However, studies

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    can cause diseases that can be prevented, and the industry abuses their animals. Converting to a vegetarian or vegan diet might sound intimidating, or sound like we might not get all of the needed nutrients but there foods that vegetarians can eat to get what they need to get. Despite not eating meat on a regular basis there are positives to a plant-based diet. Switching your diet to a vegan or vegetarian can save the planet by eliminating resource consumption, pollution, in occurrence for diseases

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    The Meat And Dairy

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    people to help with is to at least cut back on their consumption of meat and dairy. The UN has even said “A substantial reduction of impacts of impacts would only be possible with a substantial worldwide diet change, away from animal products.” (Carus, UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet), but this has barely made an impact even though they released this five years ago.

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    Vegan Argumentative Essay

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    Vegan Power The correlation of health and diet has been an argument amongst many people whether they are vegan or not. A whole food plant based diet, or being vegan, is a very healthy lifestyle amongst many people for many reasons. First, eating meat and dairy products causes many health problems that eventually catch up to people through the chemicals or toxins they produce or the substances they have in the animal that people eat. Going vegan is very beneficial to everyone’s health and can prevent

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    According to the USDA, the average family will spend anywhere from $146 to $289 on groceries per week. The science behind this outrageous spending cost derives from the basic concept of manipulation; supermarkets will capitalize on human spending by appealing to their basic nature. Humans have become oblivious to their spending over the years because walking into a store to purchase necessities has become more of a privilege than an imperative right. Individuals have the mindset that “name brands”

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    others think that we are out of control when it comes to food. It's clear that overall the American diet is out of control and needs to change. The reason why it needs to change is because processed foods are addictive and can cause people to overeat, because the nutrition standards are not being met, and because the high obesity rate is partially blamed by the fast food industry. One reason that the American diet needs to change is that most of the processed foods that are served to adults and

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    be appropriate for you to eat when you’re 8 years old, isn’t necessarily what you should be eating when you’re 80. Likewise, you need to alter your intake based on the weather and other external conditions. The personalization of the Standard American Diet is based more on tastebuds, cravings, and convenience, rather than learnings about life science. Thriving on routines, some wake up daily to savor eggs and bacon, while others scarf down coffee and a bagel with cream cheese on the go. Lunchtime

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    tell people I care for my health, and the lives of other living beings. We live in a time and place where all of the people around us have different things to say about what exactly is the definition of the best kind of lifestyle. Some companies sell diet pills whereas other people write books about the “best life” that you can live. Every time that you open your eyes, a choice has to be made about what kind of day you will have and what kind of person you will be. Out of all the options there are,

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    Sugar In American Diet The American diet is based mostly in processed food which contains enormous amount of sugar. The excessive consumption of sugar can cause diseases such as obesity, heart diseases, alzheimer, liver diseases, diabetes and others. One of the problems with the consumption of sugar is that people get sick progressively without the knowledge that it is caused by sugar. In addition, sugar is an addictive food and life without it is almost impossible. As a result, processed foods

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    Locavore Analysis

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    doing more harm than good. Locally grown produce is guaranteed to preserve fresh produce and maximum nutritional values, however, on the other hand, Americans are not “nutrient-deprived” (B). Professor Marion Nestle, also a former chair of nutrition, assures that a 100-mile diet is “almost certainly more nutritious than what the average American [is] eating. That doesn’t mean it is necessary to eat

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