Fundamentals Of Pleasure Eating

In the article “The Pleasure of Eating”, Wendell Berry expresses his idea that in order for consumers to truly appreciate the food on their plates, they should know its origin and how it is produced. Berry was inspired by his realization that nowadays food productions are becoming more and more industrialized, and the consumers themselves are slowly transforming into industrial eaters. He states that there is a barrier between the people and the reality behind food production because people can purchase already packaged food at anywhere and anytime. This makes them ignorant to the hardship and the cruel conditions it went under to get on the shelves. He also criticizes the food industry, as it manipulates people to regard eating as a way of survival and not one of the many pleasures in life. Berry successfully appeals to pathos in order to further convince his urban consumers that eating is an act of pleasure. Therefore, people should take more into consideration on what they are eating and how it will affect them in the long run.

Throughout the articles, each one discussed the author’s perspective on food industries. Two articles argued whether the food companies should be blamed for the health epidemics or it should be a personal responsibility for consumers. While others discussed how food industries manipulate consumers into buying more of their food. Along the same lines, all the articles mentioned how the health epidemic is increasing and who must be fault for the growth. As well as finding a solution and who should help. Although the articles emphasize how obesity rate has grown, the public seems to blame food companies for manipulating consumers and others insist it is a consumer’s personal responsibility.

In the book In Defense Of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, chapters; “Beyond The Pleasure Principle”, “The Proof In The Low-Fat Pudding”, “Bad Science” and “Nutritionism’s Children” author Michael Pollan addresses consumers who over think about what to eat and the Science that often misinforms, then affects consumers to lose pleasure/joy when eating. Chapter 7, “Beyond The Pleasure Principle” Pollan discusses that Americans should slowly down while eating and just relax/dine with each other. Pollan then gives an example of how Theodore Roosevelt paid a small fortune to scientific practices that made him chew his food approximately one hundred times. Chapters 8 & 9, “The Proof In The Low-Fat Pudding” and “Bad Science” Pollan talks about how science

Have you ever thought of food as an “agricultural act”? When we are hungry, we eat whatever we want. Food that is available to us effortlessly is the food we go for instead of rediscovering the ‘pleasure’ of food. We do not strive to get the right type of nutrients in what we consume daily or enjoy eating healthy. Wendell Berry contributes in many different ways in his article, “The Pleasure of Eating”, including emotional appeal and reality to explain to us the various questions that should be arising in our minds when acquiring foods.

In his book, Pollan first sets the stage by delineating the eating habits changes in 1970s and 2000s. He then emphasizes the relationship between food and culture, and the contraction between French paradox and American paradox further illuminates his perspective. Pollan soon outlines the concept of omnivore’s dilemma as well as strengthens his viewpoint that American eating disorder is caused by lack of a stable cultural tradition. To more completely demonstrating his belief, he classifies the four meals into three principal food chains, the industrial, the organic, and the hunter-gather. At the end, he states this book is about the pleasures of knowing your own eating, and urges

Berry uses this article to argue that humans must be conscious of the life of their food and be present in the eating experience.

In this article “The Pleasures Of Eating” by Wendell Berry he states that “Eating is an agricultural act”.  This article is mainly about how  industrial produced food is very unhealthy for people , animals and nature. The people who make these unhealthy food do not want the consumers to know how it's made or what's added into the product. Many people do not notice the taste and feeling of processed food and natural food. Berry’s  planned intending to be more mindful of the nourishment you eat and where the sustenance you are eating is originating from and the treatment of the nourishment items. He utilizes the redundancy of thoughts all through the whole piece to get his thoughts altogether beat into your head and make you think and see

Have you ever thought of food as an “agricultural act”? When we are hungry, we eat whatever we want. We do not strive to get the right type of nutrients in what we consume daily or enjoy eating healthy. Food that is available to use effortlessly is the food we go for instead of rediscovering the ‘pleasure’ of food. Wendell Berry contributes in many different ways in his article including emotional appeal and reality to prove to us the various questions that should be arising in our minds when purchasing foods.

In the article “Pleasures of Eating”, Wendell Berry opens up a new line of thinking with the statement “There is, then, a politics of food that, like any politics, involves our freedom.". Ultimately, a person has to wonder what exactly does this mean, and how can food have any correlation to politics and freedoms. What a person consumes, directly correlates to freedom. People have the right to question where the food came from, etc. How can one be free if they don’t have an understanding of what they are consuming and it is not placed before them? As a consumer knowing exactly what’s going on is essential to everyday health, and without this information people have become victims to the world pool of passive consumerist. Mr. Berry calls these

During the first week of class, four readings were assigned. One of the readings, “Food and Eating: Some Persisting Questions,” by Sidney Mintz, discusses the paradoxes of food. Although food seems like a straightforward concept, it is actually extremely complicated. According to Mintz, there are five paradoxes, including: the importance of food to one’s survival, yet we take it for granted, how people stick to their foodways, but are willing to change, whether the government should allow people to freely choose food or if they should protect the people through regulations, the difference in food meanings according to gender, and the morality of eating certain foods. All of these paradoxes give people questions to think about, making this an extremely philosophical look at food studies. It also mentions that food must be viewed through the cultural context that it is in, which became important in “The Old and New World Exchange”, by Mintz, and “Maize as a Culinary Mystery”, by Stanley Brandes. These discuss the diffusion of foods after 1492 in different ways. The Mintz reading gives an overview of all of the foods spread from the Americas to the Old World, and vice-a-versa, but does not go terribly in depth on the social changes and effects of specific foods. Brandes focuses on the cultural impact of specifically maize on the European diet, noticing that most Western Europeans shunned it. He studies the cultural implications of this, concluding that maize was not accepted

This week one of the topics being studied is the visceral senses. There are receptors located in several organs that convey messages such as the need to use the restroom, thirst, and hunger (to name a few). For example, when nature calls, one finds the appropriate facilities and takes the necessary actions. Well, according to the article “Mindful Eating as Food for Thought,” an individual can learn to listen to her body in order to achieve a more harmonious relationship with food.

The way we eat food has changed drastically in the past few decades. When I think of the process of how our food is made and produced, I typically think of a farm with animals laying around, eating grass, content with everything. Also, I picture ripe red tomatoes, apples, and sweet smelling fruit being pick right when it is ripened so it can get to our grocery stores. This is typically how most people picture our food coming from a farm. It is how they want us to picture it, because it is a happy image: but, it is far from the reality of how things are.

​Food plays an important role in our daily life. Without food, we cannot survive. Food gives us all the required nutrients that our body needs in order to perform activities in our daily life. People usually find it difficult when choosing the right and effective diet for themselves. Its easy to get overwhelmed with all the dieting advice you get. Do you have to try out every type of diets without obtaining any result? Some people are unaware about how to have a proper diet and with those misleading advice, they may have to stop consuming the food they love, cutting down some portions and calories. Some people do survive this, nevertheless majority of people find it restrictive. In order to have a proper diet, the below information will give an idea about how nutrients plays a significant role in a proper diet. What helps the people to get a proper diet are the three types of diets involved, which are divided into three categories; balanced diet, diabetic diet and fitness diet.

Eating certain types of food trigger something called a “pleasure chemical”, which basically means that certain foods release certain chemicals that react differently to each person’s brains. While one may think that a certain type of food tastes delicious, another might think that it is disgusting. It all depends on what chemical is released into the brain when the food is consumed. The chemical is released differently because each person has a different type of brain. Dopamine, a neurotransmitter, is what causes humans to have “cravings”. Once these “cravings” have been met, “pleasure chemicals” are released. This makes whoever is getting these “pleasure chemicals” want more of whatever was consumed. (Brookshire, McQuaid)

Eating behaviour is a complex behaviour that involves a vast array of factors which has a great impact on the way we choose our meals. Food choice, like an other behaviour, is influenced by several interrelated factors. While hunger seems to drive our ways of food consumption, there are things outside of our own bodies that influence our food choices and the way in which we eat. The way we eat is controlled by and is a reflection of our society and cultures. I explore this idea through a food diary I created over a few weeks and the observations made by several anthropologists that I have studied.