From the beginning of the film, it was disclosed that the way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than it has in the last 10,000 years. Thousands of years ago, people foraged and gathered their food which was free of pesticides and genetically modified organisms. Today, most of our food is treated with pesticides and other chemicals that are not good for us to consume. We’ve all began to rely on buying our produce from the supermarket, which can hold almost 47 thousand products, rather than farming for …show more content…
In the film, it was interesting to learn that the industrial food industry started with fast food with McDonalds being at the head. McDonalds is the largest purchaser of ground beef and potatoes and was developed by the McDonalds’ brothers. The eating of too much McDonalds and other fast food can result in a number of illnesses, one of them being diabetes. With the way we are eating, it is estimated that one out of every three Americans born after the year 2000 will contract early onset