Gathering my thoughts about our first lesson, I am amazed by how complex food actually is. After having read Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food, it’s surprising that even though there are things like the slow food movement and scores of people fighting for community gardens, the veil of nutritionism has not really lifted from the American psyche. Generally speaking,… Read more »
Whole foods are essential for health and well being; however, even some “whole” foods lack valuable nutrients based on where and how they’re grown. Pollan points out that there has been “a decline in nutrient content of…forty-three crops…tracked since the 1950s” (118). The industrialization of farming has created a nutrient-deficient world, even for those who attempt to eat in the… Read more »
The American government has had a great effect on the food industry and consequently the people of the USA. Because of the industrialization of food and nutritionism the American government endeavored to change the diet of the whole population. Our government put guidelines in place to prevent people from overeating certain nutrients but with abstract wording as to not upset… Read more »