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Why the Breakfast Most Americans Will Eat Today Is a Corporate Scam

 AlterNet / By Anneli Rufus

http://www.alternet.org/food/152260/why_the_breakfast_most_americans_will_eat_today_is_a_corporate_scam

     

In the article "Why the Breakfast Most Americans Will Eat Today Is a Corporate Scam" by  Anneli Rufus of alternative media.org anneli talks about how what we eat in the morning all got started by the media. The breakfast every one eats today was a production of the people who wanted a meatless anti-aphrodisiac breakfasts. The idea for the meat less breakfast came from a man named John Kellogg, he was Michigan's Seventh-Day Adventist surgeon and anti-masturbation activist. John’s brother developed the cold cereal Kellogg corn flakes by sweetening them which john hadn't thought of. He marketed the sweetened cereals to the kids instead of the health conscious parents any longer. Before the cereal breakfast food there was a 4000 calorie breakfast consisting of protein-rich eggs, sausages, ham and bacon with pancakes and bread. This was the ideal meal for the farmer who didn't get to eat again until he got back from the fields. The breakfast was the first thing to change. After the breakfast and what people ate change the type of jobs changed, people were no longer working hard in the fields all day long but rather in the factory's .A lot of the foods we eat today we think are healthy because the media says so and the way they market the food but in reality a lot of the foods are just junk food in disguise 

     This article really made me think about what I eat and why. Why do I eat cereal for breakfast because the media tells us it’s good for us and why would they lie to make money. Society needs to think about why they are doing certain thing and where they got the idea from. When I was reading this I was amazed at how much power the media has over us without us even realizing what is going on and how the thought of drinking orange juice and having a bowl of cereal is good for you’ve never questioned the idea of how come we don't have steak and potatoes for breakfast I’ve just always thought of those as dinner foods. I think it’s kind of funny that the man to come up with a non- meat breakfast is the same man who is still recognized today by the cereal brand. The media scams people so easily .I think people need to do more research before they decide they are just going to switch to something because the media says it’s better for you.