While there are far too many issues with current dietary trends to delve into them all in detail, I've separated my argument into three sections.
My main argument is that clean eating has more to do with nurturing a huge growth sector in the consumer market than the noted health benefits of a said lifestyle.
In the same way that owning a pair of Nike Air Jordans used to make you believe that you could shoot hoops like Michael Jordan, the same can be said for spending three days on a Juice Cleanse to wind up resembling like the darlings of the Antipodean Hunger Games; Julia and Libby. This brings us to second part of my argument; that the health and organic food industries profit from an inaccurate portrayal of a healthy lifestyle.
This consumer driven market relies on the continuing reinforcement that organic and natural food will make you look younger, weigh less and live longer. Inversely, if you eat conventional foods, the inference is that you will look older, weigh more and die early. There is little scientific evidence to support this theory.
And so, if the 'Whole Foods' industry is growing at an unprecedented rate, simple economics should tell us that the price of natural and organic foods should go down. So why isn't consumer demand driving down the price of health foods? The third part of my argument illustrates the gap in price between conventional and organic foods and the correlation between paying more and receiving better quality goods.
My main argument is that clean eating has more to do with nurturing a huge growth sector in the consumer market than the noted health benefits of a said lifestyle.
In the same way that owning a pair of Nike Air Jordans used to make you believe that you could shoot hoops like Michael Jordan, the same can be said for spending three days on a Juice Cleanse to wind up resembling like the darlings of the Antipodean Hunger Games; Julia and Libby. This brings us to second part of my argument; that the health and organic food industries profit from an inaccurate portrayal of a healthy lifestyle.
This consumer driven market relies on the continuing reinforcement that organic and natural food will make you look younger, weigh less and live longer. Inversely, if you eat conventional foods, the inference is that you will look older, weigh more and die early. There is little scientific evidence to support this theory.
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