Analysis Of The Book Omnivore s Dilemma - 1332 Words

In the book â€Å"Omnivore’s Dilemma† and the article â€Å"Eat Food: Food Defined† by Michael Pollan, Pollan informs us of the dangers of eating processed foods. He goes on to explain that in the modern age of today, our diets are majorly composed of processed food, leading to health complications such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Pollan advises us that we must stop eating processed food and instead eat real food, in which he lists ways of obtaining real food, such as going to farmer’s markets. However I challenge Pollan’s approach to obtaining real food as it is too costly and complicated, and instead I will propose a different approach to obtaining real food by traditional means of hunting and gathering. In the following I will†¦show more content†¦Rules such as staying away from foods that our ancestors wouldn’t recognize or contain high fructose corn syrup. Pollan claims that buying food from farmers solves the comp licated issue of our diets. I don’t believe this solves the omnivore s dilemma, it further complicates it. Pollan fails to define what real food is, if he could have just specifically defined it as an organically grown or living specimen that contains biological cells, and isn’t processed, it would prevent us from second guessing while shopping for real food. Also, even though we should eat more real foods, there have been cases of produce being infected with bacteria or chemicals, meat being injected with chemically made steroids and hormones. Obtaining â€Å"real food† isn’t as easy as reading the food labels or staying away from the center of the grocery store as Pollan describes it. After observing the potential flaws of Pollan’s approach to obtaining real food, I have found ways of obtaining real all natural food, without over spending or worrying about processed ingredients and bacteria/steroids. I strongly believe we can achieve this by usin g traditional ways of obtaining food, such as hunting, fishing, and house gardening/farming. I myself and like many others have taken action to obtain real food, food that is 100% natural, food that we know exactly where it comes from.Show MoreRelatedAnalysis Of The Book Omnivore s Dilemma By Michael Pollan1767 Words   |  8 PagesIn the book Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan, he talks about our national eating disorders started and the impact it has on the world. Pollan argues with the nature of its supermarket and how it is linked to our food production. In saying this where do these foods come from? What are they made of? And who produces it? His self-discoveries covers the ins and out of our food systems through industrials corn, pastoral grass (organic food), and the forest (hunting-gathering). In the Chapter â€Å"OurRead MoreOmnivores Dilemma Explored3481 Words   |  14 Pagesï » ¿ Omnivores Dilemma Explored Outline: Omnivore Dilemma - Pastoral Grass Introduction: A summary of Omnivores Dilemma and Pollans critique of Americas industrial food production and distribution system. Todays world agricultural system is controlled by a few large corporations that exploit the poor, the small farmers and peasants, and even use slave labor. They also control the seeds, prices, fertilizers, and even the genome of plants and animals, and this system should become more democratic