As a college student I eat a lot of fast food. I probably eat out or get food through the drive-thru seven times a week. My mother prepared most of my meals during the week when I was little, she always made sure I ate a healthy dinner four out of seven days of the week. As life has become busier and busier with work and college, it is much more difficult to achieve a consistent, healthy eating plan. I love fast food. I like the taste and always crave the vast majority of fast food. However, I know that it is harmful to me and can have long-term health effects on my well-being. In Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, he exposes the underbelly of the fast food industry. It examines the unhealthy food preparation practices and corporate greed that is at the heart of the problem. Schlosser examines the meatpacking industry and the stomach-churning factors involved in the process of putting meat in the sandwich. The visibility of the meatpacking industry was almost identical to the work done by Upton Sinclair at the turn of the century. Upton Sinclair revealed the horrors of the meat package...