Healthy Eating and Bottled Water - Essay Example

The film “Supersize me” is an educative one that teaches people the importance of a healthier diet thus, reducing the rate of people suffering from obesity and related complications.

Conversely, a science teacher (John Cisna) claimed to have lost 37 pounds in 90 days, eating all 3 meals at Mcdonald's. This is the same restaurant that Spurlock eats from and gained massive weight in only 30 days. A question worth noting is the tremendous contrast between both individuals eating similar foods from Mcdonald's.  However, while Spurlock eats every item on the menu at least once a day amounting to 5,000 kcal, John Cisna took a different turn. Cisna, just like Spurlock, claimed to eat a variety of items on McDonald’s menu including Big Macs, sundaes, and ice-cream cones but with a strict nutrition limit of 2,000 calories a day (Bruce 2). Additionally, unlike Spurlock (“Super-size me”), who did not exercise apart from the 5000 standard steps that an average American walks, Cisna exercised regularly. This means that it is not important where one eats, rather, healthy eating with key nutritional elements in every diet (Bruce 1).

Effects of Bottled water

Today, most people in America are concerned about their health, from eating a balanced diet to drinking safe and clean water. A while back, water bottling companies made people believe that tap water is not safe to drink. In the film, “The Story of Bottled Water”, Pepsi said that tap water is the biggest enemy to health, Nestle backed up the claim by encouraging people to drink bottled water and avoid tap water. Their marketing strategy was first by scaring people to avoid drinking tap water. Secondly, people were seduced by nice bottles with drawings of mountains, fountains, and birds. This made people believe that bottled water came from better sources, not from tap water. When bottled water was weighed, it was heavier than the exact amount of tap water. The reason is that bottled water contains impurities in form of chemicals that are not contained in tap water. This means that tap water is safe and clean to drink after all.

The manufacturing chain of bottled water is much more harmful than beneficial. For one, these companies use oil in the manufacturing of bottles. After the water is bottled, it is transported to various parts of the planet, mainly by ship. This is more oil consumed by bottled water. After the water is consumed where do all the bottles go to? Some claim that they recycle these bottles. However, research by Leonard in “The Story of Bottled Water” film explains that these bottles are disposed of in landfills, incinerated, or ‘recycled’.  After ample research, the recycling showed that the bottles from California were shipped to India for disposal. This means that they were recycled, into smaller particles piled in someone’s backyard. Additionally, Moore, in “ocean of plastic” film shows how the Pacific Ocean is polluted by plastic bottles. This brings the conclusion that tap water is less expensive economically, health-wise, and environmentally friendly.