Fast Food Equals Fat Kids

Is it not obvious that the children of today are getting bigger and bigger? I blame it on fast food. Some may use the convenience of it as an excuse, but its simple laziness. Parents ask their children, “What do you want for dinner?” and the child simply replies “Chicken Nuggets or Cheeseburger!” If you ask any child what they want, majority of them are not going to shout of veggies or fruit. This is becoming a big issue because fast food is making our children FAT and unhealthy and nobody is trying to do anything about it. The parents are the blame. Your child can only eat what you allow them and that is the end of it. Some kids have gotten so out of control with it that they simply throw tantrums and fits because they cannot have their chicken nuggets and barbeque saw with their little toy. In Jeanie Lerche Davis's article Fast Food Creates Fat Kids studies show that on average, one-third of the nation’s children eat fast food, but not only are they eating unhealthy food, they eat more of everything else, too. Kids between the ages of 4 and 8 eat 6% more food than children who do not eat fast food and kids between the ages of 10 and 14 eat 17% more food. I believe that the fatness of these kids is the parents’ fault. They have become so lazy in their parenting that instead of cooking their child a healthy meal, at these young ages, they would rather take them to McDonald’s or Burger King and provide them with an unhealthy Kid’s Meal. Not only have these fast food restaurants sucked our poor children and parents in with toys and other gadgets, but they have upped their menus to Mighty Kids and Big Kids Meals which give them an even bigger dose of clogged arteries, high cholesterol and weight gain. And we, as people, have become captive to the enslavement of making our kids FAT. At this point we need to just learn to tell the kids “No you cannot have this or that, I’m cooking and you are going to eat it.” The End. Until they become adults, and are able to make their own decisions, parents should provide their child with their fair share of healthy food and a limited amount of snacks.

Death of Chocolate: A Case for Bio-Engineering



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Being an ample person, it will come as no surprise to learn that I love chocolate. Chocolate is my pacifier when I’m upset, and I know that I’m not the only one. It comes of no surprise to me that Google results for chocolate extends beyond fourteen million, five hundred thousand references.  For example, Henrylito d. Tacio details in his article “Life is a Box of Chocolates” the history of cocoa and various physical effects of chocolate.  He gives words of wisdom on chocolate by many well-known people. One that I totally agree with is by cartoonist John Q. Quillius: “Nine out of ten people like chocolate. The tenth person always lies.” In another reference, Gloria Tsang, RD (Registered Dietician), reveals that chocolate may “lower blood pressure in people with hypertension. The research also found that levels of LDL cholesterol in these individuals dropped by 10 percent.” Certainly, no one argues that chocolate is often a necessary ingredient to satisfy the cravings of a pregnant woman, which is good as chocolate is believed to prevent pre-eclampsia. With all the history and benefits surrounding chocolate, I was horrified when I read that chocolate is in danger of disappearing!

Michael Moyer’s “Death and Chocolate: Disease Threatens to Devastate Global Cocoa Supply” provides one of the best arguments for mapping genomes and bio-engineering that I have read. Usually, when someone hears of gene mapping, it is the mapping of the human's genome to find the causes of diseases or the mapping of chimpanzees to find how closely they resemble us. These are admirable causes for gene mapping, but I cannot think of a more deserving pursuit than the mapping of the cocoa genome to save chocolate! If chocolate disappears, it will cause industries to disappear, not to mention the sanity of countless human beings, my sanity being paramount.

Who would have believed that witches broom and frosty pod, both plant diseases, would present a bio hazard of such worldwide proportions? With several warnings posted for the past several years, such as Gareth W. Griffith's 2004 article in Biologist, it is reassuring that gene mapping of cocoa is now being used to understand how to bio-engineer resistance to the dangers of these two plant pathogens. Hopefully, this will come in time to safeguard the emotional well-being of humanity. Whew! This is too close. Pass the Herseys please.

Same Sex Marrige

Same sex marriage is slowly approaching the states. It is already allowed in California so the question is which states are next? In 2003 the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that gay marriages were unconstitutional. The Senate of Massachusetts asked to propose that would bar same- sex couples from civil marriage. In May 2008 California's Supreme court ruled that homosexual couples should have the right to marry.

People should be able to marry whoever they want to when ever they want as long as it makes them happy. Why are people getting mad? It is not like they are getting mad. So what is all the commotion about? Every person is equal in his or her own way and have a certain preference. If many cannot agree then there should be a vote. Homosexual couples should have the same rights that everybody has seeing how we all go by the same laws. The first amendment states that a person's religion must be protected. Religion is the main reason all this commotion of gay marriage is going on. If people choose to be homosexual then others need to respect their decision and let them live their lives. If a person knows that they want to support same-sex couples let them do it. Some people that are fighting against it are just following other people and do not even know why they are fighting. Everyone deserves to be happy and if the person they are with is making them happy then they should be together. The only thing that really matters in a marriage is love.