In chapter 16 of the omnivore’s dilemma, the origin of disgust was briefly summarized. Pollan said that it all began with food. I find it intriguing that this emotion can so easily be pinned back to our basic instinct to eat while it is associated with so many feelings now.
There is an example of one of Americas biggest problems with eating on page 300.The French paradox is considered strange because the food in question is said to be unhealthy, yet they have less health problems related to food than us. It may seem obvious but apparently it isn’t to today’s culture that quantity is just as important as quality. The text describes how the French do eat such foods but they do it on a strict set of rules. This is very unlike the American diet where we eat what we want when we want it. So obviously, (or so I would think) you can eat a product with half the carbs as another but if you have 3 helpings while someone only has one of the unhealthy product, then who is really eating healthier?
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i like how you asked a question at the end of this blog, it really gets me and im sure other followers to think about what we are reading and if it is really true. way to go!
ReplyDeleteI think it's simple minded for tons of blame being put on fast food restaurants when really sit down restaurants are just as bad, if not worse. The portions that most restaurants serve you are 3, 4 times the size of a portion that a person really needs. And people will go out to eat and not even consider this and lick their plate clean! Our culture may not have a specific type of food that is regularly eaten, but our culture definitely has a disgusting problem of overeating, and that is what I believe that America's eating disorder really comes down to.
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