Part 5 video clip of the movie “Food Inc.” that is available on the You Tube internet site focuses on a family who struggles in making economical decisions in purchasing essentials for the family such as meals and medicine for the father. The mother Maria Andrea Gonzales describes the difficult decisions the family faces on choosing what meals they can purchase. They either have the option of having a meal at a fast food restaurant, which will be sufficient in providing a satisfying meal, yet completely unhealthy and inexpensive, or choosing to purchase healthier meals such as fruits and vegetables from the market, which will be too expensive; limiting the quantity and therefore being insufficient in fulfilling their appetite.
In the Clip Schlosser also describes the engineering of foods that are modified with salt, fats and sugars. He emphasizes on highly available commodity crops and describes High Fructose Corn Syrup as being the greatest factor in the spike of insulin levels and our body's inability to metabolize them. During a teen advocacy group meeting Rosa Soto discusses food and diabetes. She questions the group and asks for them to raise their hands if a family member of theirs has diabetes, also asking for them to keep their hands up if two members had diabetes; it was disturbing to see that some had at least three members with diabetes. These responses give prove to facts documented in the film that one in three Americans will contact onset Diabetes and at a rate of one out of two will be in minorities.
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