Bliss Point and Homeostasis

David A. Kessler. M.D wrote an article which talks about the end of over eating. A main point that he brings up in his article is called “Bliss Point” (pg 14). A bliss point is when a person gets to the highest point in pleasure from what they just ate; they then lose the essence of the product. Many food corporations understand that by adding more sugars, fats, and or salt to their products that some customers would not want to come back. Many fast food companies balance out what they put in their foods so they can continue having the customers come back for more. This causes many of the customers to become overweight. Since we continue to back to these fast food restaurants, our balance (homeostasis) of eating when hungry and stopping when full becomes unstable. We continue to eat because of the palatability that we get in return.

Connections

In the book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser he brings up three points that I thought were significant in the book. He talks about how “the organization cannot trust the individual; the individual must trust the organization” (p5). On page 172 he also talks about the slaughterhouses are not safe places for people to work. Schlosser also talks about what and how these animals are being feed and made bigger.

I think that the connection between the three things that stood out to me the most was what some of these companies do behind our backs. They feed animals other animals and other harmful thing; but this benefits them. Therefore many of these companies want the customers to trust them rather than the other way around. This way they can do whatever they want with the food and know that the customers won’t know. Also many people get hurt when it comes to producing the food. These slaughterhouses are not safe places.