Monday, March 1, 2010

"Real" food vs. "fake" food

If I were to choose a food that I love to eat, I would choose scrambled eggs. However, I can really tell the difference between McDonald’s scrambled eggs and the eggs that I eat from my neighbor’s farm. McDonald’s scrambles eggs, known as “fake” food, look and taste totally different. When I order McDonald’s scrambled eggs they look very fake and the color of them is quite different from the farm eggs. Also the eggs taste completely different. They taste as if they have many artificial flavors and chemicals added to them. However, McDonald’s does a phenomenal job at covering up the eggs because they smell exactly like home cooked scrambled eggs. Despite the fact that McDonald’s eggs look and taste different, they still have some similar essential vitamins/nutrients. They have vitamins C and protein. These “fake” eggs are pretty nutritionally equivalent to farms eggs. Farm eggs have vitamin C, vitamin A, calcium, iron, and protein. The “fake” eggs from McDonald’s are definitely not better for you then the “real” eggs from the farm next door. This is because of all the chemicals and extra ingredients such as, liquid margarine that they put in them (Romer, 2009).
The reason people still eat McDonalds eggs is because it is convenient, cheap, and your still getting the similar protein and vitamin intake. Even though McDonald’s eggs are convenient and cheap I still think that people prefer non-processed eggs over processed. After discussing the “real” and “fake” eggs I think I will still eat the McDonald’s eggs. However, I will still prefer the farm eggs over the McDonald’s because I cannot stand the way I feel after eating McDonald’s breakfast. I feel as though I ate a whole plate of processed food.
The link posted talks about “real” food without a doubt is better for you than processed food. I agree with this article because of the way I feel after eating processed food. After I eat processed food I feel gross and I feel as though I need to get my body flushed out from all the chemicals.

Romer, L.V. (2009). Are You filling up on real food or fake food?. Retrieved from http://rawplus.com/fake.html

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