Summary: Already many chain restaurants have the calories of their items on the menu. Soon my May everyone will and it may not just be the calories, but other facts like sodium content. These come from President Obama's affordable care act, but there have recently been discussions to repeal it. These requirements have been unfavorable to business owners because they not only have to pay to install new boards. They have to pay for lab testing finding the nutrient content. Also research has shown that no evidence has shown an increase in healthier eating. Often people choose to ignore nutritional value when eating out.
Analysis/synthesis: The author definitely seemed more bias to not having the nutrients labels. Personally I like them because I want to stay fit, but at the same time when Im at places like Chick Fil A I choose to ignore it. I think overall they are important to have even if people ignore it were more informed. People used to not be informed about there food whatsoever until, Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle in 1906. Its always important to be informed on what we take into our bodies.
http://www.eater.com/2017/3/30/15121834/menu-labeling-law-calorie-counts
Wow, I love your synthesis!
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting topic!
ReplyDeleteThe trick to eating healthy is to shove a full head of lettuce into a blender once a day and chug it like there's no tomorrow. The aggressive consumption should actually burn more calories than you're gaining and you still get all the nutrients. I recommend 10/10. You don't get the body of an Adonis if you don't try.
ReplyDeleteI think it would be useful to have calorie content displayed because when people see how many calories they would be eating they may choose to cut back or choose a more health-conscious meal.
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