The Fast Food Consumer’s Guide to Fast Food Everything, seriously EVERYTHING! by Jesus Ramirez

From the Los Angeles suburb of Downey, California ,where the McDonalds brothers opened their first restaurant, to basically every single street corner in the globe in just a matter of a few decades, McDonald’s and other fast food corporations have reshaped the landscape of human consumption in just a short time period by simply selling hamburgers for $2 apiece. However, the vivid and dark side of the industry is hidden within the colorful advertisements used by these restaurants to stimulate one’s hunger. The book, Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser is about the shady side of the fast food industry. The wide variety of stories and facts told in this non-fiction book accurately describe exactly what the industry truly consists of: fraud, cruelty, lies, abuse, etc. Overall, this book captivates your attention because you can make connections with whatever the author is indicating. However, you could get lost when the author talk about a town in Colorado. And because of this I gave this book a rating of 9-10 out of 10. As a result, I recommend this book to anyone who has at least once in their lifetime visited a fast food restaurant to eat an item in the restaurant’s menu because it forever changes one’s perspective of fast food restaurants.

WHAT ARE YOU EATING?! by Samuel Lopez

Going to McDonalds, or any other fast food restaurant, after school and devouring the food without giving it much thought has become routine for most high school students, without thinking twice about how it affects our bodies. The biggest issue which most people are completely oblivious to is how it affects the country we live in. But if you are just the smallest bit of curious and care to know a bit more about the fast food you are eating, want to know where it came from, what its really made out of and how it affects the country you live in then Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser is going to take off the veil the fast food companies have put in front of your eyes, and you will see truly who these companies are. Schlosser goes into depth with these companies and reveals their dirty little secrets and shows how far greed has taken these fast food companies. This book was truly a four out a five stars book, a two thumbs up. I guarantee you that after you read this book you will think twice before even setting foot in any fast food restaurant again.

There May be Danger in our Food by Bernardo Saldana Garcia

An entire family has been killed, and there appears to be sign of a struggle, but the one to blame is unable to use any sort of weapon! It may have been those burgers they each ate a few days ago--the food seemed decent enough, or maybe it wasn’t. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser is a book about the dangers that may be lurking within the fast food that millions of people consume just about every day.

The book provides a sufficient amount of information about the fast food business and the fast food chains that are well known today. The author, Schlosser, also informs the reader about the secret behind the fast food business, as he goes from what happens behind the counter to what occurs inside the slaughterhouse. As an overall rating, I would give the book an 8 from a scale of 1 to 10. The reason why I gave it an 8 is because of the amount of intriguing information given throughout the book. Although it isn’t perfect (no book is), it is convincing about why the fast food industry is as bad as its food is for one’s health. I highly recommend the book to readers concerned about what is packed within the food we eat, such as athletic individuals or anybody that’s interested in muckraking, but the book is not limited to just those people; anyone may read it and it is guaranteed not to be a waste of time.