100% Juice For 100% Kids?

When I was little I was either drinking Juice Boxes or Juicy Juice. And what better claims did the television make for the product. It was assumed to be 100% juice for 100% kids. But is that advertisement really correct? Is Juicy Juice really 100% juice. I always thought that Juicy Juice was a product to keep your body healthy and strong because of the advertisement on t.v.  But I never looked into the facts or understood what good or bad nutrition was. I always thought Juicy Juice was good for you when I was younger, but when I grew more aware of the situation of nutrition today, I began to wonder, is there really no preservatives added to the beverage. As I reached into some research on the Juicy Juice website and found that an expert Dr. Yinka Davies, Pediatrician said that "In order for a product to be labeled juice it must contain 100% juice. If a product has less than 100% juice it will be labeled as either a 'beverage', 'drink' or 'cocktail'" So assuming that Juicy Juice's label says 100% juice makes claims that this product really is 100% juice. So basically what you see with this product you get. When mothers are looking for juices for their children experts recommend to look for the 100% juice on the label to make sure there is no concentrate or cocktail added. When I looked up the nutrition label of Juicy Juice there were only 4 items in the juice and I remember Michael Pollan saying if there are less than 5 items in the product than you have the green light, the product is safe to eat/drink. 


There are different types of Juicy Juice that mothers are really questioning. Such as, Juicy Juice Brain Development which is supposed to boost your toddlers brain quicker and at earlier stages. Sheila Innis, who is the director of the nutrition research program at University of Columbia Vancouver, says "it's plausible that products like this could be useful in children that don't eat much fish". She agrees with the Juicy Juice company that their product may have the same chemicals that can help a child grow healthier and smarter.


I would recommend this product because experts are saying Juicy Juice is really 100% juice and the Juicy Juice Brain Development has many resources to helping children. This product seems to be advertised just right and mothers should buy the juice for their children to drink. It's delicious and healthy for young and older humans. 

How would you like your meat?

Seeing as I cannot prepare my own meal in a dorm room, I will pretend like I am preparing myself a delicious and appetizing meal.  I went to the grocery store and bought myself chicken breast, honey, barbeque sauce, a head of broccoli, and a couple potatoes. After I come home from the grocery store I took out all of my items and being the cooking.  I first would mix the honey and barbeque together in a small bowl to make a delicious honey barbeque sauce to saute the chicken breast. I would take the chicken breast and put it on the grill for however long it needs to be cook without getting dry. As the chicken is cooking I would slice my potatoes and put olive oil on them with some seasoning. I would then put them on a tray and put them in the oven for an appropriate time. At the same time as the potatoes I would boil the broccoli and cook it until the chicken is done.  After the chicken is done being cooked I would lather it in sweet honey barbeque sauce, butter the broccoli and then salt and pepper my potatoes. After that I will eat my delicious meal I would clean up my dishes and that would be the end of my meal.  In Michael Pollan's arguments I do agree with him because he is right, it is so hard for us to actually pick out good foods when we are so bombarded with advertisement of different kinds of "good food". Like different kinds of cereals that have all the nutrients. I still agree, the meal I made actually was healthy and full of nutrients.  The meal I made did not actually falter my meal. In this article it explains all the healthy choices you can make to keep your body in shape and to make sure that you have a healthy living style.

Real Vs. Fake Food.

I never thought that eating "food" would be so unhealthy for you. Especially when you are eating it every single day.  I have always been a coffee drinker, but it was never just black. It had the delicious creamers and the sugar. Oh the sugar. When I was younger I always used to drink coffee in the morning and my dad would put the real cane sugar in my coffee.  But after our most recent findings, "artificial sweeteners" have become popular.  Everywhere you go you see "artificial sweeteners".  The artificial sweetener is not different in smell or taste, but it has different textures and obviously different benefits.  Real sugar is grainy and is bigger in size, but the fake sugar is very small and it just looks pure white. There isn't any difference in the size of the "fake sugars" contents.  Fake sugar does not provide any essential nutrients/vitamins to us, it is actually bad for your health.  It is not equivalent to regular cane sugar.  I believe that any kind of "fake food" is not going to be very healthy for you or provide your body with the same vitamins/nutrients the regular food is going to give you (sugar really isn't a good example of what is good for you). It is even thought that "artificial sweeteners" may cause some form of cancer. When you eat in a restaurant it is so easy to be fed "fake food and you're not even aware of it.  Some of the reasons people today have fake sugar is because cane sugar is not cheap. Although I do still use regular sugar when I'm at home, it is so much more convenient to just find a little bag of "artificial sweetener" and put that into your coffee or wherever you're using it. I believe that if people really are aware of their health then cane sugar will come back around, I do not believe that everybody will go back to the regular sugar because of the economic downfall. Science even tries to prove to people that fake sugar is not healthy for you. In this article it explains how unhealthy the "artificial sweetener" is for your health.

First blog, ever!

Michael Pollan has made plenty of great arguments in such a short period of time. Just in four chapters he has convinced me of many things.

One of the arguments that caught my eye was when he started to talk about how "let food be thy medicine" and how people actually think that eating more unhealthy food, or more food in general will make them healthier. I agree with Pollan when he says that just because it's healthy food does not make it okay to eat a large amount of it. Another reason I agree with him is because there are points in some people's lives where eating is a way out of things or it is social, but that does not mean that it is healthy for them in any way. People in America are wondering why they are getting so fat and it is because of the unhealthy food choices they make while they are in social situations.

Another argument that struck me is when Pollan starting to talk about fast food and how it is effected our country. Kids are eating extremely unhealthy and it is risking their health. Not only is this effecting kids it is effecting American's all over. If American's continue to eat unhealthy and eat fast food every day they will end up with heart disease or cholesterol problems. I believe because the media is so convincing that everybody listens to them. Just because the juicy cheeseburger on television looks appetizing does not mean that it is healthy for you. I believe that when Pollan makes an argument about the bad food choices America makes he is dead on. Fast food is taking over our nation and it is making is extremely obese. He makes it very interesting for me while I was reading the book. Michael Pollan makes a great impression on food eaters in America in the first four chapters. I believe that Michael Pollan will make lasting impressions on people who read his book, this will teach people what it is like to actually eat healthy again.

Fast food is DANGEROUS!

In this blog the same points are being brought to the readers attention as Michael Pollan's book. I agree with this blogger and Michael Pollan when they say that fast food is dangerous for America. It only makes us fatter and does not make us healthy. Down the road many American's who eat fast food will end up with high cholesterol and or heart disease. I agree one hundred percent with both of these view points. People should not be feeding their children fast food every day and they also should not be eating it themselves.