Expensive Cheap Food

Watching the youtube clip with Bill Moyer and Michael Pollan really woke me up. I never realized just how expensive cheap fast food really is. The government is giving farm subsidies to basically help the fast food industry. I agree with Pollan, that these subsidies for corn and soy is contributing to health problems. Corn is used for corn syrup which then is used to sweeten up the sodas. The soy is made into soy oil which Pollan said is what fast food restaurants use to fry their food. There are trans fat in soy oil and Pollan said it is also lethal. These two crops are in fast food industries and because of the recession, many may turn to fast food restaurants because of the prices but people don't realize how unhealthy and how expensive the process is. To get food processed, it goes through a lot of fossil fuel. It's ridiculous how the government doesn't pay more attention to making food policies because people are eating over 300 calories extra a day and there are more people getting type 2 diabetes with the 80% chance of heart disease. The farm subsidies are only contributing fast foods which are given to Americans which then ends up in high costs of health care. Food is the beginning and if the government focuses on this area more then hopefully health problems would decrease and the money spent on these farm subsidies would go to a better cost, like education, health care, or creation of new jobs. Now, I think twice about going to a fast food restaurant, I'd rather eat home cooked meals that are much more healthier and home grown vegetables or local meat. Eating McDonalds is good but the extra calories and all that oil is just so disgusting!