Social Profiling

The name of the blog that I will be profiling is titled Feel Good Fast Food and discusses topics just what you might expect the title to have alluded to.  The main contributor to the blog Michelle goes into all things related to debunking eating myths including how to stop cravings, curbing appetites and reversing the want for the unhealthy fast food that our society constantly consumes.  Michelle also on a weekly basis posts many studies that are conducted by national health organizations as well as large food outlets.  It is difficult to gauge how popular the blog is because Michelle does not have a hit counter nor does she have a profile on Technorati.  She goes into simple analyses by going over what are the healthiest foods to eat at Thanksgiving dinner.  The blog does a great job of balancing both very important current events, such as our obesity epidemic in America, as well as doing very tongue and cheek exposes of the ten most healthy fast food restaurants.  Michelle also gives great links to other health conscious websites such as Calorie King, two foods and good food near you. Calorie King  , Two Foods & Good Food Near You

This blog relates well to the type of blog that I would like to pursue.  The health aspect in fast food is a huge revenue and industry driver and in order to explore more of those types of themes in depth, such as what is real healthy fast food and what is the worst type of fast food to eat, I would need to explore Michelle’s blog and other blogs just like hers.  The good thing about her posts is that within each one she references another blog that she got some amount of scientific or studied information.  That amount of reference and detail allows for larger themes to be more widely explored than just reading one post.  I think that also plays to the audience of a normal everyday seeker of healthy fast food knowledge.  You do not need to have studied nutrition in college to follow her blogs, but she also has some posts and links that would probably be geared towards a more healthy food educated segment, which may go a little bit beyond the “common man”.   

This blog would be a great jumping off point for the type of work that I will be doing related to the link between health and fast food.  “Feel Good Fast Food” will offer a lot of options and themes to begin to explore.  I think that it will be a nice reference point for my blog and will provide substantial amounts of points to discuss different fast food themes and our society.  My site will not only discuss the health aspect with regards to fast food, it will also go into why our society needs this food staple in our diet.  How do we live that causes this need for us to eat quickly or do anything without the proper preparation and patience.