First timer settling in

I spent time figuring out what I would like to do for my project this term. My first thought was to maybe tackle a challenge that effected the lives of people around me, specifically, my family. The interest that came to mind was my diet growing up. We frequently ate fast food and on the rare occasion we would have a home cooked meal. Needless to say, the options of food played a distinct role in my life, which caused issues mentally, physically and sociologically. I would like to eventually understand what exactly we were eating and what effects it had on us. So, I spent time looking for possible labs in the area that might be doing research to see what was in the products at fast food restaurants. After eating at so many fast food restaurants I found the flavors and textures of the meat to all be different. So, if all the restaurants were advertisement their meat was 100 percent beef what caused the difference in flavor furthermore in the same weights of beef their nutrition facts were skewed as well. I digress. Like I said, I spent time thinking about research I would like to do but found that with the many other accountabilities of school I might be best suited to apply for a research project that is already in motion.