Food as a fad or cult

Food as a fad or cult. From the magazine forum.7 Food has often found a niche for itself in popular culture. Eating or entertaining with certain foods has often been a fad or cult. Whichever group you associate with or aspire to be like will dictate which fad you follow.

For example, in the late 70s and 80s in the U.S salads were the in food for the yuppie crowd the young, upwardly-mobile group. Salad bars restaurants where salad is the primary food sprang up everywhere. There were so many types of salads, garnishes, and salad dressings that were invented, it was impossible to keep up with them all. Of course many people ate salads because they were on diets. Thin was in and so everyone who was in or aspiring to be in wanted to lose weight.

Actually, throughout most of the 80s and 90s there has been an obsession with dieting. Now, however, dieting is not a politically correct word. There are so many schemes and foods out in the stores for people to use lose weight there are even substances that promise if you take them you can eat all you want and still lose weight. Aside form diets and salads, there are the foods that people eat because their favorite athlete, musician, or actor eats that brand or kind for food. The cultural icons over the last several years have been exploited to promote the sale of different foods or food substitutes.

Whatever Michael Jordan, Mel Gibson, or Oprah Winfrey drink and eat, the ardent fans, wannabes and admirers worldwide try to eat and drink. People don t always pay attention to how truly nutritious something is if the in-crowed or the cultural icon they aspire to be like eat it, they will get it. Pop culture is a powerful force. Food is the Staff of life.118 From the book English for students I. A. Klepalchenko. 8 Regardless of how you view food, you need it to live. You need the right kinds of food in the right amounts to have a healthy life. Your needs for different kinds of food change as grow and mature.

Everyone needs the three key nutrients that provide the body with energy and the necessary building blocks carbohydrates sugar and starch, fat, and protein. Unfortunately, in our world today, not every one has access to all of these all the time. World hanger is a global problem that needs to be addressed by all nations.

The right type and kind of foods the body needs to grow, develop, and stay healthy are not known by everyone. A good, daily, balanced diet is key to a healthy life. Do you have a balanced diet Do you know what you eat every day Why do you think you eat the foods you eat Eating the right food everyday not only nourishes our bodies, but it also nourishes our spirits, our creativity and thinking, and our language and interaction with other people.

What Counts as a serving119 From the magazine Forum 9 The amount of food that counts as a serving is listed. If you eat a large portion, count it as more than one serving. For example, cup of cooked pasta counts as one serving in the bread, cereal, rice, and pasta group. If you eat 1 cup of pasta that would be 2 servings. If you eat less than cup, count it as part of a serving. For mixed foods, do the best you can to decide the food groups and to estimate the servings of the main ingredients.

Pizza would count in the Bread Group crust, the Milk Group cheese, and the Vegetable Group tomato. Beef stew would count in the Meat Group and Vegetable Group. Bread, Cereal, Rice, and Pasta Group Bread Hamburger roll, bagel, English muffin Tortilla Rice, pasta, cooked Pain crackers, small Breakfast cereal Pancakes, 4-in diameter Croissant Doughnut Danish Cake, Frosted Cookies Pie, fruit, 2-crust Vegetable Group Vegetables, cooked Vegetables, leafy, raw Vegetables, nonleafy raw, chopped Potatoes, scalloped Potato salad French fries Fruit Group Whole fruit apple, orange.

Banana Fruit, raw or canned Fruit juice, unsweetened Avocado Milk, yogurt, and cheese Group Skim milk Lowfat milk 2 Whole milk Chocolate milk, 2 Lowfat yogurt, plain Lowfat yogurt, fruit 1 slice 1 1 cup 3-4 1oz 2 1 large2oz 1medium 2oz 1medium 2oz 1 average slice 2 medium 1 average slice 2 medium cup 1cup cup cup cup 10 1 medium cup cup whole 1 cup 1 cup 1 cup 1 cup 8 oz 8oz 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Natural cheddar cheese Processed cheese Mozzarella, part skim Ricotta, part skim Cottage cheese, 4 fat Ice cream Ice milk Frozen yogurt Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dry Beans, Eggs, and Nuts Group Lean meat, poultry, fish, cooked Ground beef, cooked Chicken, with skin Bologna Dry beans and peas, cooked Peanut butter Nuts Fats, oils, and Sweets Butter, margarine Mayonnaise Salad dressing Reduced calorie salad dressing Sour cream Sugar, jam, jelly Cola Fruit drink, ade Chocolate bar Sherbet Fruit sorbet Gelatin dessert 1 oz 2 oz 1 oz cup cup cup cup cup 3 oz 3 oz 3 oz 2 slices 1 oz 1 1 oz 2 Tbsp 1 oz 13 cup 1 oz 1 tsp 1 Tbsp 1 Tbsp 1 Tbsp 2 Tbsp 1 tsp 12 fl oz 12 fl oz 1 tsp cup 1 tsp 1 tsp 1 1 1 13 13 1 1 1 13 13 13 13 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Plan a healthy Diet Using the food Guide Pyramid and What Counts as a Serving plan a full day s diet that contains the recommended number of servings for each food group.

Be sure that the meals you create are ones you would actually eat. Food Items How Number of Total number Much servings of serving Bread GroupVegetable GroupFruit GroupMilk GroupMeat GroupFats, Oils, and Sweets Food Guide Pyramid.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Guide Pyramid is an outline for making daily food choices for a healthful diet. Researchers now know that eating a healthful diet reduces the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, certain cancers, and the most common type of diabetes.

The pyramid shape is related to the recommended daily amounts of food from each of five major groups and from a sixth grouping of extras.

Most people should eat more servings of foods from groups closer to the base and fewer servings of food from groups closer to the trip. For good health you need foods from the five major food groups shown in the Food Guide Pyramid. At the base of the Pyramid is the Bread Group, which includes bread, cereal, rice, and paste.

On the next level are the Vegetable Group including yellow, root, and green leafy vegetables and the Fruit Group. On the third level are the Milk Group which includes milk, yogurt, and cheese and the Meat Group, which includes meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs, and nuts. The sixth grouping Fats, Oils, and Sweets is shown at the tip of the Pyramid these extras are grouped together because they each should be used sparingly. The knowledge of this theme Food makes these practical and theoretical valuable for those who wanted to grow thin or to grow fat. Also material of this report is incased knowledge and enriched this theme.

It is the help for English teachers and students who want to know more than they have in their books. Bibliography The magazine Forum volume 36 number 4 Oct-Dec 1998 The book Brush your English E.D. Mihailova and A.Y. Romanovich, Moscow. 2001 The book 1000 English topics V. Kaverina and V. Boiko, Moscow, 2000 The book Happy English reader The book American Studies V.M. Pavlotskei, St. Peterburg, 1997 The book The USA history and the present L. Khalilova, 1999 The book Kazakh in brief G.H. Molkha, Astana The book English for students I.A. Klapalchenko, Mpscow, 1997.