In Defense of Food Book Report

Taylor Swan In Defense of Food Book Report In the book “In Defense of Food” by Michael Pollan, you will discover an abundance of information about what food is, what is considered food now, and how we are affected by this transformation of the western diet. The idea of how to eat well has been distorted many times by the industry and scientists throughout the United States. Essentially anything that has been man-made in a lab or factory is not something that your body should be ingesting. Pollan suggests that we are not being thoughtful about what we are eating and the consequences are becoming quite clear as we look at how our health has altered across the entire country. The majority of what you will find in this book is more so about what has happened to create this food crisis, and less in detail about what specific foods you should be eating to acquire health. Pollan claims that we have made things much more complicated than needed, and we should be eating real earth-grown food, not food products. Nutritionists have decided to focus on eating nutrients and mass-producing many food products with several claims about how these products are good for you. In reality, we should be buying less cheap products, and in contrast, a minimal amount of healthy fruits and vegetables; mostly plants. Interestingly enough, the foods that are supposed to help us lose weight have been the culprit of what has made us gain more. (45) We have tried to break down the idea of what food is and make it ourselves, however the pieces and parts of what makes food what it is, is too complex for humans to try to understand. Perhaps understanding food is as simple as, eat what is real. There is no need to further contemplate what it is made of unless it has come from a place that is not the earth. Introducing science into our awareness of food has made it difficult for many Americans to decide what to eat. (19) There are so many false statements and philosophies but