The Fast Food Craze: Wreaking Havoc on Our Bodies and Our Animals

by Tina Volpe

A hopeful, eye-opening book by first-time author, Tina Volpe, The Fast Food Craze discusses the fast food giants and how their business decisions affect the animals in the slaughterhouses, our health,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0976134306
• ISBN13: 9780976134305
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Canyon Publishing, LLC
• Length: 137 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A must read!

I loved this book. The stories about the animals saving lives were wonderful. I will not eat fast food again, nor will I partake in the cruelty involved in the way animals are raised for food. Why don't most Americans know about these horrors! I was shocked and really enlightened at what goes on inside all the little packages of meat found at the grocery stores, and I highly recommend it to everyone who eats!

Thought provoking and educational

Reviewed by Irene Watson for Reader Views (1/06) Tina Volpe, in "The Fast Food Craze," points out at the beginning of the book that human bodies are not designed to eat animals, but rather to live on a plant-based diet. She substantiates it by saying that we, as humans, do not have teeth capable of tearing flesh, nor do we have a digestive system that is designed to digest animal protein before decay or fermentation takes place. Volpe quotes Schlosser, author of "Fast Food Nation," with facts that in 1970 Americans spent about $6 million on fast food. She further states that in 2003 the total came to $120.9 Billion. This has been an astonishing increase in the past 30 years. Volpe's main focus for these statistics is that there is a huge problem in America with obesity and cancer which is attributed to ingestion of fast foods. Volpe exposes fast food chains Taco Bell, McDonalds, and KFC as serving low grade foods and unethical practices in slaughter houses. She shows pictures of sick animals, brutality, and horrid factory conditions. The concern shown by Volpe in "The Fast Food Craze" unfortunately is not a national concern, however, every reader of this book will have to stop and think of their own personal choices they must make. Volpe assists the reader in pointing out the benefits of being a vegetarian, not only for health reasons but for the sake of saving an animal's life. Volpe's mission is clear, thought-provoking, and educational. Her message comes across with much concern.

A Must Read

Ms. Volpe straightforwardly puts forth the absolute truth of the negative aspects of the fast food industry and the detrimental effects it has on our human bodies, but most importantly the suffering effects it has on the animals cruelly used to serve this industry whose bottom line is profit. There is no concern whatsoever for the so-called food provided by the cattle and chickens which are first loaded with chemicals detrimental to them as well as to us, and then literally sacrificed for the fast food industry. This well documented book lays out the awful truth which needs to be spread far and wide and the advice therein heeded by those who truly care.

Read and heed -- Tina Volpe knows what she's talking about.

"The Fast Food Craze" by Tina Volpe is much needed wakeup call for us all. Those who are unaware of the facts about the food we too often put in our bodies need to know the whole story. The rest of us, too, frequently need to be reminded that we truly are what we eat. The typical American's diet is undeniably cruel -- cruel to ourselves and unconscionably cruel to the creatures with whom we share the planet. Do animals a favor. Do yourself a favor. Do the world a favor. Read and heed Ms. Volpe's words.

An eye-opening education of fast food industry

The fast food restaurant chains have as their bottom line the making of money. As a result, many of their corporate decisions are made to the detriment of human health and the inhumane treatment of animals. Very strongly recommended reading, Fast Food Craze: Wreaking Havoc On Our Bodies And Our Animals by vegetarian and animal rights supporter Tina Volpe is an eye-opening education to the fast food industry's deceptive advertisements, "agribusiness farms", and environmental impacts, as well as how a diet of fast food can and will harm human health. Readers will learn about food-borne illnesses, fat and cholesterol issues, receiving recommendations for additional reading, information on thematically related web sites, noted vegetarians, health-conscious grocers, and related "not for profit" organizations.