In “The End of Overeating”, David A. Kessler, MD says that food, which is rich in sugar, salt, and fat test good; nevertheless, it affects us negatively. Fried food those we get in fast food restaurants are high in fat and sugar. These foods are consisting of unsaturated fat and hydrogenated oil. Companies like to use unsaturated fats in their food because they are cheap. Consequence of consuming such food can cause serious health problems. Food with sugar, salt and fats increase the cholesterol level, weight, heart diseases and high blood pressure. Some foods that are sold in fast food restaurants have high level of amino acid tyramine and phenyethyamine. The tyramine increases blood flow to brain which can lead to a headache. It has been proven that the high level of fat may cause a fast decline in people’s ability to think, learn and remember, according to University Medical Center in Chicago.

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In “The Dollar Menu”, one of the video of YouTube has brought out the reasons of eating fast food items by people and diseases caused by food. In the video Maria Andrea Gonzalez (one of the interviewed woman in the video) says that her family has no time to cook food at home. So, they get buy cheap food from fast food restaurants. She knows that food items that are bought from drive through are unhealthy, but she doesn’t have time to prepare. Many expensive food items in grocery stores are healthy. However, the food items that are harmful for people’s health are sold in cheap price (such as soda, meat etc). Some people eat fast food items daily and many of them have serious health problems. Although they spend $ 2 to buy food, they are spending hundreds of dollar to cure their health caused by food they have eaten. Rosa Sota (California Center for Health Advocacy) says that type 2 diabetes is caused by the food, which are sold in drive through, such McDonald’s, Burger King etc. 

In “Fast Food Nation” Eric Schlosser has explored the physical and mantel torture faced by the meatpacking industries’ employees. Many workers of these industries are illegal immigrants. Because of financial instability and language barrier, they are forced to work in such companies. These companies often pay less and give dangerous job. They do not give these workers to join labor union. So, when the employees injured, companies do not pay compensation. Many of these injured workers are not getting medical benefits. Do you imagine how much these meatpacking industries give compensation for the family of dead workers when they died at job? The value of workers is only $480 for these employers. Writer has clearly stated the emotional and physical pain of meatpacking companies’ employees. They have treated workers unacceptably. Furthermore, some female workers are facing sexual harassment. Their supervisors force to do such worse thing. If these employees do not willing to do, supervisor threaten to eliminate them from that company. Many of these workers do not have legal papers and they may not get job in other places. As a result, they are forced to sit silence of such harassment.