blog entry 15

Julisa Centeno        

Eng101

Dr. Jason Smith

12/10/13

                                                                  Topic B

Educating children on the importance of a balanced diet is extremely important because a healthy child grows up to be a healthy adult. Many parents never teach their children on how to balance certain foods for certain days or special occasions. Although school districts are contracting to bring fast food into the school cafeteria parents have the option of packing their child a healthy lunch. Parents should learn how to encourage good eating habits upon their children and discourage unhealthy eating habits, such as eating out at fast food restaurants.  Parents should also subscribe their children in physical activities after school.

Parents should bear the weight of teaching their children on how to balance a healthy diet. Instead of grouping food as good or bad they should teach their children to save certain foods for certain days or special occasions. For example, desserts such as cheese cake should be only eaten on holidays such as birthdays, Christmas and New Year’s, and fruits and vegetables are to be eaten on a day to day regular basis.

            Although school districts are contracting to bring fast food into the school cafeteria parents have the option of packing their child a healthy lunch. A healthy lunch for a child should consist of half a plate of vegetables and the other half should consists of whole grains, meats, and proteins. Once children are taught to eat these types of food they will accommodate to them and learn that a colorful plate is a healthy one.

            Parents should encourage good eating habits upon their children and discourage unhealthy eating habits, such as eating out at fast food restaurants.  Cooking with children gives the opportunity to talk to your child about different types of foods and how healthy each food is. Cooking with children doesn’t only teach them how healthy food is but it also expands different opportunities to try different types of foods as long as they are healthy.  As long as this is done the child with grow up to always eat healthy foods and will teach future generations how his healthy eating habits helped him/her grow up in a healthy environment.

            Overall, parents should also subscribe their child in physical activities after school. There are many types of physical activities children can join such as a soccer team, basketball team, or even track teams.  These activities help maintain the child in a healthy weight. This also helps the child maintain a healthy social life, which may help encourage the child to tell his/her peers about their healthy eating habits. 

            I believe that parents should definitely bear the weight of all these decisions because they are the main care givers to these children. Many children mainly look up to their parents as role models. It has always been said “you are what you eat” and it is true. Depending on what a child eats is how he/she will feel, look, and act. It is always good to teach a child about healthy eating habits during their early childhood. Many studies throughout the years have shown that depending on what a child eats as a child is mainly how that child carries out eating habits all the way to adult hood.  This is also how generations after generations learn to eat unhealthy foods on a daily basis. Many parents do not see that by letting g their child eat anything they want doesn’t only affect the child but hundreds of generations to come. These are some of the many reasons why parents should focus healthy eating habits upon their children .

Final research paper 12/5/13

Julisa Centeno

Eng101 Final Draft

12/4/13

Dr. Jason Smith

 

                                                How dirty is your food?

 Ever thought about how dirty your food is? Many people never clean their hands or the surfaces they cook on, they also don’t separate their foods. Cross contamination is the process by which bacteria or other microorganisms are unintentionally transferred from one substance to another, with harmful effect. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention every year in the United States over forty eight  million illnesses occur, there are over one hundred twenty eight thousand  hospitalizations, and more than three thousand deaths caused by organisms that cause harmful even fatal diseases.  I believe all people should join The Partnership for Food Safety. Every year billions of people get sick from foodborne bacteria. The Partnership for Food Safety’s mission is to put an end to illnesses and deaths from foodborne illness in the United States. They teach us why washing your hands and surfaces are extremely important when dealing with food, why separating your food avoids cross contamination that may cause fatal diseases, why cooking your food to the proper temperature can kill bacteria that can kill you or the people you love, and most of all why certain foods should remain refrigerated.  These four simple steps can avoid many foodborne illnesses such as E. coli, Salmonella, and Norovirus.

Bacteria can spread across anything and on to anywhere. Before touching any type of food one must always make sure to wash their hands often with warm water for at least thirty seconds before and after handing any type of food.  Washing your hands and surfaces often make a huge difference. When washing your hands and cleaning surface you can avoid bacteria that can spread on the any forks, spoons, knifes, and plates that you eat on. When cleaning any surface it is often a good idea to use paper towels that can be thrown away. Many times when using cloths bacteria gets stuck within, causing the bacteria to transfer from one counter to another. When deciding to use cloths it is a good idea to often put the cloths in a pot with boiling water and steam them. This causes all bacteria to die, which avoids any type of bacteria to travel within your home. Many times it is never noticed how many things are touched throughout the day that carries bacteria, yet it is still managed to go to fast food restaurants and eat food without washing your hands. Washing your hands is not only one of the most important things to do, it is a crucial to do to avoid bacteria or any type of food borne illnesses that can be fatal.

            Most times cross contamination causes bacteria to spread. When cooking any type of raw meat it is never good to cut the meat on the same cutting board as to where you cut your vegetables. Doing so can cause many types of bacteria such as E. coli, Salmonella, and Norovirus. E. coli is a type of bacteria that may cause diarrhea, problems breathing, vomiting and even urinary tract infections also known as (UTI’s). Salmonella is another type of bacteria that causes fever, headache, and cramps. Although it is not deadly it is extremely painful and lasts up to a week. Norovirus is a very common virus. This virus can even be passed on person by person. The symptoms of Norovirus are extreme abdominal pains, vomiting, and diarrhea. As you can see all of these viruses are caused by bacteria. Bacteria can be transferred easily not only by cross contamination but by just touching a surface and shaking a person’s hand.

Undercooked food is never healthy. Undercooked food carries bacteria that can be deadly. All food should be cooked to proper temperatures. Food thermometers can check the internal temperature of any type of food being cooked. Many types of food especially foods like egg, and raw meat should be made sure to be cooked at a high temperature to kill any living bacteria that may cause fatal diseases. Many people don’t know that when cooking in a microwave oven food never reaches the right amount of heat temperature. Microwave ovens many times either multiply bacteria or it does not kill them. This may cause diseases to go around not only to whoever uses it but there is a risk of verbally transmitting bacteria to innocent people who you may know.  Billions of people enjoy eating out at fast food restaurants. Little do they know that many fast food restaurants cook their foods in microwaves.  This causes over one hundred thousand people a year to suffer from stomach viruses. Although stomach viruses last up to twenty four hours they can be fatal. Stomach viruses can go up to a whole year’s lifetime causing the death of millions of people. Due to microwaves out in fast food restaurants hundreds of people a year die from stomach viruses due to undercooked meals that carry living bacteria that causes death.

Maintaining food chilled and refrigerated is extremely important. Many types of foods such as eggs, meat, and vegetables should always be maintained in a chilled area. When meat is left out of a refrigerated area after two hours bacteria quickly begins to multiply. Keeping these types of food at, at lease a forty degrees Fahrenheit can prevent many foodborne illnesses. There are many ways to defrost foods at a chilled temperature, for example meat can be defrosted in water or the microwave. However, it must be cooked immediately after being defrosted.  Foods that have to be chilled can also be defrosted in the refrigerator. Although it takes a bit longer it avoids bacteria from multiplying or even spreading. When food is left over it is always good to separate into different containers so that it may cool faster to avoid bacteria from getting in. Although it is good to keep food refrigerated, it is also good to dispose of any food that has been refrigerated ten to twelve days or more. When food stays refrigerated for too long it tends to rot, shrink, or even contaminate other foods in its surroundings. Many people don’t have thermometers in the fridges, and if they do they don’t even know it. Thermometers can be extremely important. Depending on the temperature of the food in a refrigerator will many times help you know whether or not you should keep or dispose of your food. For example, milk, depending on the temperature of your refrigerator the milk will be good if the temperature is below zero degrees it will freeze if It’s above forty degrees it will rot, but if it’s in between twenty to forty degrees it will be just fine. Keeping your food chilled can even save you money.

            The Partnership for Food Safety teaches many things. They teach how to keep food safe from bacteria. Due to so many deaths The Partnership for Food Safety came up with these three easy important ways to fight bacteria, (CSCC) also known as clean, separate, cook and chill.  They have taught many people that by cleaning and washing their hands continuously helps avoid transferring bacteria on from one place to another. They have also helped many people to learn to separate their foods to avoid cross-contamination, too cook food to the right temperature to keep bacteria from staying locked in raw meats, eggs, and fish and most of all to keep all food refrigerated accordingly to avoid bacteria from spreading. I believe many families should join The Partnership for Food safety because it is a constant reminder of how important it is to keep all types of foods in good health conditions, so that you can help avoid cross contamination or even the spread of any type of bacteria that can cause serious illnesses to hundreds of people in the United States. The Partnership for Food safety is an incredible way to help many families stay safe and healthy it teaches many people many ways to avoid foodborne illnesses such as E. coli, Salmonella, and Norovirus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                               Works Cited

http://www.fightbac.org/safe-food-handling/clean

http://culinaryarts.about.com/od/glossary/g/Cross-Contamination.htm

http://www.fightbac.org/safe-food-handling/separate

http://www.newhealthguide.org/Types-Of-Bacteria.html

http://www.fightbac.org/safe-food-handling/cook

http://www.fightbac.org/safe-food-handling/chill

 

final paper draft

Julisa Centeno

Eng101 Final Draft

12/4/13

Dr. Jason Smith

 

                                                How dirty is your food?

 Ever thought about how dirty your food is? Many people never clean their hands or the surfaces they cook on, they also don’t separate their foods. Cross contamination is the process by which bacteria or other microorganisms are unintentionally transferred from one substance to another, with harmful effect. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention every year in the United States over 48 million illnesses occur, there are over 128,000 hospitalizations, and more than 3,000 deaths caused by organisms that cause harmful even fatal diseases.  I believe all people should join The Partnership for Food Safety. Every year billions of people get sick from foodborne bacteria. The Partnership for Food Safety’s mission is to put an end to illnesses and deaths from foodborne illness in the United States. They teach us why washing your hands and surfaces are extremely important when dealing with food, why separating your food avoids cross contamination that may cause fatal diseases, and why cooking your food to the proper temperature can kill bacteria that can kill you or the people you love.  These three simple steps can avoid many foodborne illnesses such as E. coli, Salmonella, and Norovirus.

Bacteria can spread across anything and on to anywhere. Before touching any type of food one must always make sure to wash their hands often with warm water for at least thirty seconds before and after handing any type of food.  Washing your hands and surfaces often make a huge difference. When washing your hands and cleaning surface you can avoid bacteria that can spread on the any forks, spoons, knifes, and plates that you eat on. When cleaning any surface it is often a good idea to use paper towels that can be thrown away. Many times when using cloths bacteria gets stuck within, causing the bacteria to transfer from one counter to another. When deciding to use cloths it is a good idea to often put the cloths in a pot with boiling water and steam them. This causes all bacteria to die, which avoids any type of bacteria to travel within your home. Many times it is never noticed how many things are touched throughout the day that carries bacteria, yet it is still managed to go to fast food restaurants and eat food without washing your hands. Washing your hands is not only one of the most important things to do, it is a crucial to do to avoid bacteria or any type of food borne illnesses that can be fatal.

            Most times cross contamination causes bacteria to spread. When cooking any type of raw meat it is never good to cut the meat on the same cutting board as to where you cut your vegetables. Doing so can cause many types of bacteria such as E. coli, Salmonella, and Norovirus. E. coli is a type of bacteria that may cause diarrhea, problems breathing, vomiting and even urinary tract infections also known as (UTI’s). Salmonella is another type of bacteria that causes fever, headache, and cramps. Although it is not deadly it is extremely painful and lasts up to a week. Norovirus is a very common virus.

Undercooked food is never healthy.

research paper-Update 11/14/13

So far I've written about why families should join the partnership for food safety education.

Blog 10 (Research Report)

SOURCES: 
Library media recourses center: I've searched articles that have to do with food safety and ways to keep your food health...
                Example- Instead of frying chicken, you can steam it with vegetables (less calories). This prevents high cholesterol.

Partnership for Food Safety Education- This is an action pledge people take to avoid food diseases such as mad cow disease, or food borne diseases.
http://www.fightbac.org/

I will be arguing why families should join the partnership for food safety education food safety education family action pledge.

Midterm essay !

Topic B:  The Fast Food Industry and Children

            The fast food industry has always been known to target children in its advertising. Many years ago, many American companies directed their marketing at children because it was known that children often recognized a brand logo before they can recognize their own name. I believe that fast food franchises should not target children in their own advertising because of the struggle to protect children’s health.

            I believe that fast food franchises target children in their advertising.  Although they do this it is wrong, due to the fact that every day we look for ways of trying to make the world a healthier place. Fast food franchises should not target children because by doing so the put many young children’s lives at risk. When fast food franchises target children they do not see that it may lead to a child being overweight. For example, Mc. Donald’s targets children by selling toys in their happy meals, selling cheap food (which is great for the parents’ pockets), and by marketing their indoor and outdoor playgrounds.  Many parents believe that by taking their children out to eat at Mc. Donald’s they are doing them a favor. However, they do not see that it is extremely unhealthy for their children. Although Mc. Donald’s has playground, their foods’ carry so many calories that it is almost impossible for a child to burn in one day.  Fast food franchises do not see that by marketing towards children they put their lives at risk.

            Our government fights every day to remove unhealthy food from the markets. However, they should try harder on making sure fast food franchises do not target children to protect their health. As years go by we constantly see overweight children which is not only sad but dangerous. Bullying has become one of the biggest problems throughout the years. I believe that by cutting targeting on children there will be less bullying. Everyday children are being bullied in school mainly because of their weight. I know this because I was one of them. If fast food franchises stop targeting children, children will eat out less and enjoy a home cooked meal much more often.

            Many parents feel as if by taking their children out to eat they will be able to spend more time with them. What they don’t seem to see is that by doing so they give in to fast food franchises advertisings. If parent stopped giving in to these advertisements children will be more interested in eating a good home cooked meal. They will also be more likely to wanting to learn to make one. By doing so, children will be in more healthy conditions. By teaching children how bad fast food is they will be more likely to restrain from eating these foods. Fast food franchises should stop targeting children because not only does it affect their health, it affects the health of the entire family as well.  

            Fast food franchises should not target children in their advertising. By doing so they put many children’s lives at risk. Many people do not know that fast foods may cause diseases, especially diabetes. Fast food franchises should not target children mainly because they are putting young innocent lives in danger. This is not only wrong but sad to have to see many young children overweight, being bullied, or with diabetes. I believe these are the main reasons why fast food franchises should not target children in its advertisings.
 

The American Dream

There are both good and bad things about the American Dream. Throughout the years people have come across many obstacles to achieve THEIR American Dream.  In Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation we read about how Ray Kroc and Walt Disney work hard to achieve “their” American Dream.  Both Ray Kroc and Walt Disney dropped out of high school; however, this did not stop them. Both Kroc and Disney marketed towards children which led to their achievement of their American Dream.

To me the American Dream is a belief in freedom that allows us to achieve our goals in life through hard work.  Although many people say education is extremely important in achieving the American Dream, I have to disagree. I personally believe if you try to achieve your goal in life with ambition everything is possible. I think education is an extra that can help you, but it is not necessary. I also believe not everybody has the same chance in achieving the American Dream. As we read in Fast Food Nation, both Ray Kroc and Walt Disney dropped out of high school and achieved their own American dream. They were both smart on how they went about achieving their goals by marketing towards children.

         

 I believe having support in achieving the American dream can be a big part of a person’s success. Family support can be helpful in so many ways. Ray Kroc had a great amount of family support. Once he moved to Anaheim, California and met his wife he was able to achieve many goals. Due to the support of his wife he was able to open two hot dog stands and make more money which allowed him to achieve his American Dream. Family support in general gives a person hope and ambition towards achieving their goals. In this case Ray Kroc’s wife support affected his rise toward success in a very positive way. I believe family support is not only important but it can be necessary for success.

            To me the “American Dream” is an ideal of a successful and happy lifestyle. Although not everyone achieves the American dream we do all have equal opportunities.  I believe that because everyone has their own American Dream, the actual American Dream does not necessarily have to be the perfect family with traditional values and new modern things that make life easier. The term “The American Dream” term is defined in many ways. To me it is essentially an idea that suggests that anyone in the world can succeed through hard work, also that everyone has the potential to be happy and achieve their own American dream just how Ray Kroc and Walt Disney did.