Pollan And Schlosser's Food Matters

In the article “Escape from the Western Diet”, Michael Pollan suggest to the people that they should stop eating a western diet because western diet is also responsible for western diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure and many more. In his article he said that “People eating a Western diet are prone to a complex chronic diseases that seldom strike people eating more traditional diets.” He also gave the solution of this problem by telling people to stop eating a western diet. New theories made new treatments to treat different diseases. In his point of view, if people want to escape from western diet they need to stop eating western food daily. He thinks that if people want to stay healthy they should eat food, not too much,

Food companies are misleading and not 100% honesty about what they say. Food companies would put just about anything in foods so that they can pay less to make it. We as people know the common things they tell us an example: how much sugar, fats, and high fructose corn syrup. Most Companies even give us a number of calories we are eating as well as serving we should eat. Although, are we truly getting the entire ingredient list, telling us what chemicals are being used? Food companies should be more honest about the ingredients they use because everyone should have the right to know what we are eating. ''

A bread is no longer an original bread but a mixture of chemicals. Most products out in the market are not food, and people should choose wisely on what they put in their mouth. It is important for people to eat healthy food and keep their immune system strong. People these days bought food that is cheap and available to them. They have to choices to eat healthy yet it is hard to control themselves against something that is convenient, low cost, and predictable. The article “Eat Food: Food Defined,” written by Michael Pollan, explains what kinds of food people should eat. Based on his explanations the only food are those capable of rotting, less than 5 ingrdients and with pronumbacble ingrdeients. He also said we should not go to the supermarket nor buy can food but to buy fresh food from farmer’s market. His ideas of eating food is push toward the healthy side, and it is a great start for people to understand, to learn and to progress in eating healthily.

First of all, the fact of the matter is everyone on this earth only gets one body to either care for or destroy during their time on this earth. If that is the case and you choose to take care of it, one of the most important variables that aid you is what you consume. As it is said, “you are what you eat”. When planning a healthy diet, a person must know what they are consuming. How can a person be sure that they are achieving this goal if the food they are eating has been altered in any way? He or she cannot truly believe that they are eating healthy if they don’t know what are eating. Being healthy is a choice and there needs to be a label on all food so that the consumer knows

The comprehensive assortment of convenient processed foods high in sugar, salt and fat, frequently marketed in large serving sizes with excessive sides, has ultimately made selecting healthy eating choices more difficult for the average consumer and policymakers. Various health experts maintain the onslaught of advertising and promotion surreptitiously and unfavourably influencing ingestion patterns and food partialities of individuals further complicates the issue. There has been substantial encouragement, which has pressured governments and politicians to implement restrictions on the publicising of unhealthy foods, particularly those targeting children. (Jolly, R. 2011)

Is very alarming to see how our society has reached the point where we disregard everything we eat as nutritious value. As Wendell Berry states in “The Pleasures of Eating” (2010), “They think of food as an agricultural product, perhaps, but they do not think of themselves as participants in agriculture” (21). It’s interesting to see how our food industry is controlled by a couple of companies, when in reality we have our own responsibility and choice to eat free. We’re living in a time where 10

In addition to regulations, another way for the government to protect consumers from bad food consumption or from fatty and unhealthy food is to empower people to know what is in their food. Wim Verbeke stated, “consumers seem to want information to help them to achieve balance diet, to avoid certain allergens or ingredients that have proved not to agree with them… safety is one of the food product attributes that can be used by consumers in their evaluation of product alternatives” (Wim Verbeke 348). Labeling is needed because consumers want the ability to assess the product they purchase for their consumption. Additionally, many consumers have specific health, medical, or religious reasons that make it necessary for them to know exactly what

When the average middle-aged consumer thinks about “healthy” food, the person first thinks about apples and oranges. When the average “expert” or “scientist thinks about healthy food, the mastermind thinks 0.5 grams of fat, %0.25 of saturated fat, or %0.15 of calcium, vitamin

The disregard towards nutrition is in dire need to be brought to attention and corrected. The average person knows very little about the proper consumption of food. Humans deserve greater understanding of what is being sold to them and what they blindly inhale. Ignorance is bliss but mindlessly consuming modified products, with no prior knowledge of them, is suicidal.

I remember venturing out the last store with only a few products in my bag--bread, pasta, and tomato sauce. Since then I had the urge to build a healthy menu for my family. I read nutrition books—“Back to Basics.”, “Forks over Knives.” I watched food documentaries—“The world according to Monsanto.”, “Food Inc.”, “Supersize me.” Today people have substituted water with sodas and whole food with processed foods, and nutrition with empty calories. In today’s world, it is very hard to eat healthy and, at the same time, stay on a fair budget. A can of minestrone soup—loaded with artificial flavor, monosodium glutamate, and preservative is less expensive than a basket of organic fresh produce and a bag of chips is less expensive than a bag of organic potatoes. Sadly, consumerism has influenced our eating habits. Today, people look for a bigger, quicker, cheaper, easier way of eating affecting not only their health but also the health of our planet.

The everyday consumer is starting to realize that being healthy is not entirely about working out, but it is also about what kinds of food you put into your body. Therefore, people in today’s day and time, will do whatever it takes to make sure they are their healthiest, and that they look the best. According to the article, “Consumers Want Healthy Foods—And They Will Pay More for Them,” about 88% of consumers are willing to pay the higher prices for the fresh and organic foods that grocery stores supply (Gagliardi, 2015). This could be because the health fad that has presented itself today is much stronger than those in years past.

In today’s world we use a lot of words when it comes to food. From healthy, to junk food to organic, to farm fresh, and a lot of it can become a bit confusing as to what it all means. Can something be fat free and still healthy with a pound of sugar in it? Does reading a label on what you are buying really matter or is it just all a bit deceiving as to what you’re really getting? I think that our food isn't labeled properly and that the rules and regulations on this isn’t accurate enough to let us as consumers make healthy choices. Appropriate labeling of food would also help us know if we are taking any risks that come with foods

Further expanding on the idea that food companies impose health risks on its consumers, there are many other negative aspects of the production process as well. For instance, Moss explains another harmful tactic used by companies, “What I found, over four years of research and reporting, was a conscious effort - taking place in labs and marketing meetings – to get people hooked on foods that are convenient and inexpensive.” (Moss 262). In this case, companies have complete control over its consumers. With an addictive sense for a specific product within a consumer, their demand soars as well as the company’s profit. Overall, this represents the unethical tactics being it manipulates people to keep buying foods that are unhealthy and cheap, giving them a distorted sense that, since they are saving money, it is the best product for them. As a college student, I understand where these people are coming from considering, on a tight budget, there are only a select amount of foods that are available, most being unhealthy. To add, people are subject to “play the game” of these companies in that, in some cases, when

First having knowledge on the product you are consuming is the most important thing to keeping yourself healthy. Today’s products are being made full of fake ingredients to make things cheaper, easier and faster to make. Everyone enjoys processed food, it is the nature; chips, cookies, soda and fast food is delicious. What most consumers do not know is what these companies are doing, what we are eating, what we are buying and what we are supporting. We are dying sooner because of the ingredients they feed us, we are eating items that are not what they are labeled as and we are buying and supporting companies that are lying straight to our faces. There are chemicals being put in food that are used for

In today’s world, everybody wishes to be healthy in order to live a long life, free of many health concerns. However, in accordance with many influences in the world around us as well as personal situations, obtaining someone’s ideal healthy state can be difficult to achieve. For a number of people this would involve sacrificing some aspect of their lives in order to accommodate this, making it harder for people to take that first step towards a healthier future. These issues primarily lie within the food industry. Society today, whether conscious or not, promotes an unhealthy lifestyle through the never-ending advertisements of food items in the world around us, affecting our daily livelihoods. These influences everywhere: tv, posters, video ads, or even those around an individual. Simply overhearing a conversation about the new burrito at Taco Bell can present the idea for said individual to purchase it later. In other words, even if it is not realized, these influences play a crucial role in our decision-making process.