1. Alienation and Food What’s in our food, and what does it do to us? What’s in our food, and what does it do to us?

2. What did you find?  Carmine or Carminic Acid  High Fructose Corn Syrup  Hydrogenated or Partially Hydrogenated Oil  Trans Fats  Saturated Fat  Palm Oil  Carmine or Carminic Acid  High Fructose Corn Syrup  Hydrogenated or Partially Hydrogenated Oil  Trans Fats  Saturated Fat  Palm Oil

3. Red Food Dyes  Cochineal  Carmine  Carminic Acid  http://photovoyage.auroraquanta.co m/pv/cochineal http://photovoyage.auroraquanta.co m/pv/cochineal  Cochineal  Carmine  Carminic Acid  http://photovoyage.auroraquanta.co m/pv/cochineal http://photovoyage.auroraquanta.co m/pv/cochineal

4. High Fructose Corn Syrup

5.  Metabolic Shunting  Pancreas secretes insulin  Liver releases fatty acids  Fatty acids end up shutting down insulin production  Blood sugar spikes  Metabolic Shunting  Pancreas secretes insulin  Liver releases fatty acids  Fatty acids end up shutting down insulin production  Blood sugar spikes

6. Problems from HFCS  Diabetes  Obesity  Possible liver damage  Diabetes  Obesity  Possible liver damage

7. Hydrogenated or Partially Hydrogenated Oil, Saturated and Trans Fats  Heart disease  http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fat/NU00262 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fat/NU00262  http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/trans-fat/CL00032 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/trans-fat/CL00032  Heart disease  http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fat/NU00262 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fat/NU00262  http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/trans-fat/CL00032 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/trans-fat/CL00032

8. What’s in your fries? + =

9. Palm Oil (Another Saturated Fat like Lard)  Increased bad cholesterol  Possible problems with insulin resistance and diabetes  Increased bad cholesterol  Possible problems with insulin resistance and diabetes

10. Food and Alienation  How much do we really know about our food?  How much of the obesity issue in the US is a matter of choice, and how much of it is a result of social forces?  How much do we really know about our food?  How much of the obesity issue in the US is a matter of choice, and how much of it is a result of social forces?