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Part 1
When we eat, we just eat to be full and happy. Many times we don’t care anything about it. Many people don't care what damages it does to one’s body. Many people don't care what happens to the environment around them. “When we look at what we eat and how we grow it, we find extensive evidence for damage both to our food (from pollution and soil depletion) and to our environment (from the toxicity of growing foods industrially)” (page 12). Almost everything that we eat has corn or soy in it. -
Part 2
When we grow these things in such vast proportions, we need fertilizers and pesticides. These never have and never will have any good impact on the world around us. And the more we import food into our countries, the less healthy they get. They lose nutrients during the time it takes to ship and because they need them to taste good and last longer. “Shipping our food long distances and processing it not only contributes to air and water pollution, but depletes the food of nutrients” (page 13). -
Part 3
Almost every adult in America takes some type of supplement to give them something they are lacking. Their bodies are aided with dietary supplements. “Scientific evidence shows that some dietary supplements are beneficial for overall health and for managing some health conditions” (page 11). They help bodies get what they don't attain in their eating. Of course, this will have side affects, so anyone who takes them must take them carefully. -
My Story
My mother has been taking synthroid for many years now. Once, she ran out of them and she got sick and wasn’t feeling energetic at all. My dad had to leave work once he found out and had to get her some more. Clearly, she had been using the supplement for so long, her body didn't know what to do without it.