Reaction to Salt, Sugar, Fat

Over my first semester in college I started reading a book called Salt, Sugar, and Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss. During my first semester I was very open to the book and I wondered what it would be about. Overall I really like it because Michael Moss tells us that Salt, Sugar, Fat because he tells us the truths about these three things. These three things are in our daily foods we eat and consume every day from what Moss tells us in his book. Moss tells us that Salt is bad because we could get high blood pressure and that could then lead to heart problems and ultimately it can cause death. When you think about it. It all starts to make more sense and you start to pick up what Moss is implying or trying to tell us when it comes to Salt. Throughout the whole book there has been many things that has surprised me from fat in milk to the many tea spoons in sugar that is contained in a can of sugar. All of these three things are in our foods and they are not there in a lightly portion they are there in mass dosages. This is because high dosages are used to mask the real product, to give it a better taste or to let us know that it is healthy when it really isn’t. Michael Moss’s book made me realize that fast food and Salt, Sugar, and Fat are ingredients that are used to manipulate us into eating more products that contain more of these things. Thanks to this book it made me realize that I should watch how I eat more often and make sure my foods have low sugar, fat, and salt. This book made mea realize that the food industry will do anything just so they can get more money out of us and most of them just care about their products and not us.

The Meaning of Family

Family… Such a powerful word to me. This week I will be talking about the meaning of family to me. Feel free to comment your opinions in the comment section. To me family is very important. I consider people who are really close to me family because I rather have a big family than have nobody. Growing up I wasn’t introduced much to my family. Most of the family from my mom’s side is in Mexico, and I wasn’t really introduced much to my dad’s family. As I got older I’ve met so many people, friends, mentors, and some I considered family because of a connection that we shared during the time we met each other. Family is something special to me because I have many different families but in the end I actually have a really big family that will never be forgotten and always will be remembered dearly to me. During high school years we experience many things. For me this is true but one thing I don’t forget is that during high school you acquire family. Since I played for the Hueneme Boys’ Basketball team and the Volleyball team I considered my teammates as a separate family aside from my family I actually have. This was during my freshman year so I had gained two families just from sports. Best friends and the people who we hang out clearly mean so much to us as well. During high school especially as a freshman you slowly learn you your to go people are. After a while it feels like a small family because you see them every day and you will notice when someone from the group isn’t there. Best friends will be there and that is automatically a family to me because they are there when you need them. During my Junior and Senior Year in high school I joined the Hueneme High School ASB, this was the second biggest family that I have gained during my high school years because we have to work together and stress out together planning events and making sure it all goes well as well as satisfying the student body. Even though it was stressful it was fun and we never got tired of each other and it felt like we were a big family after a couple months. I was happy that I gained such a big family. The biggest family that I have acquired was throughout all my four years of high school until graduation. Class of 2014 is the biggest family that I have gained, all four years we have been together in school trying to work for our graduation and to me I consider that as a big family. Family to me means so much because it truly is something that we shouldn’t take for granted. I appreciate the family that I have even though it’s small but throughput the years my family has grown and I have gained many different people and I can’t wait for the future people who will be considered as a family to me. I am blessed to have family and am glad I have family. What are your ideas or opinions in family? Feel free to drop a comment. Until next time my fiends… I mean until next time fam, this is Jose Renteria signing out.