The Pros And Cons Of Eating

In the introduction to “The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Our National Eating Disorder,” author Michael Pollan argues that many American’s in today’s contemporary society have lost touch with where their food comes from and which foods actually are nutritious. We have become an unaware society and allowed our daily simple routine of eating healthy meals to become a complex mess of fear for being unhealthy. I feel that Pollan is making an effective argument in stating his beliefs and factual knowledge on the confused relationship our nation has with food by using factual knowledge and evidence to persuade the audience that he is credible.

Did you know that one in every four childen in the United States is obese? But by buying and eating locally grown you can hopefully prevent yourself from getting obese. In the novel, Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat, written by Michael Pollan, he talks about four food chains- industrial, industrial organic, local sustainable, and the hunter-gatherer food chain. In the Industrial food chain, people would grow their genetically modified crops on a monoculture farm and they would spray artificial fertilizer, pesticides, and other harmful chemicals on the plants. When growing organic foods on a monoculture farm in the industrial organic food chain, people would using natural fertilizer and would not use pesticides, antibiotics,

Introduction: Hello my name is xxxxxxx xxxxxx and I am an Eating Disorder Counselor. Today I will be discussing the physiological reasons for eating or not eating and then I will open the floor for discussion.

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The article, “Building a $325,000 Burger, talked about Dr. Post and his work on in-vitro meat. His experiments are to make meat out of stem cell grown muscles. The idea for having in-vitro meat has many positive aspects, for example, it supports animal welfare, covers environmental issues, “greatly reduces water, land, and energy use, and emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases, compared with conventional raising of cattle or other livestock”. Since this cultured meat is made through stem cells, the cells can turn into any kind of tissue. If someone wanted muscle tissue or neural tissue, then he or she can access it.

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Carbohydrate is a nutrient essential for energy production and the prevention of ketosis, a state where the production of ketones exceeds metabolism. Protein is a nutrient essential for its components, amino acids. Fat is a nutrient which provides insulation, protection and energy for the body.

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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

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Everyday we eat; “ I’m not hungry. But I am bored. Therefore, I shall eat (anonymous).” National hot dog contest is put on every year for the true eaters. Hundreds of competitors come from around the world to see how many hot dogs they can eat in twelve minutes. What most people don’t understand is how dangerous this actually is. Competitive eating risks outweigh the rewards. The competitors don’t have jobs. Competitive eating can be repulsive to some while others find it entertaining. They physically stretch out their stomachs so they can eat more. The medical conditions that can be obtained from this “sport” can be life threatening.

Honor Whiteman in “Eating more Homemade Meals may Lower Type Two Diabetes Risk” featured in Medical News Today, describes the factors of eating out and eating at homemade meals. Researcher Geng Zong suggests that eating more meals prepared at home may “reduce weight gain over time”, excess weight is also a “risk factor for type 2 diabetes.” Eating out leads to much higher salt and calorie intake than eating homemade meals. Which can lead to heart disease, diabetes, excessive weight gain, and high blood pressure. A report from the US Department of Commerce, documents that Americans are spending more money dining out than buying groceries. Geng Zong says “The trend for eating commercially prepared meals in restaurants or as take-out in the United States has increased significantly over the last 50 years. At the same time, type 2 diabetes rates have also increased.” Zong and colleagues set up a study, to investigate “whether increasing consumption of homemade meals may protect against type 2 diabetes.” Everybody who participated in this study were free of cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This study concludes that people who consumed two homemade lunches or evening meals were at “13% lower risk for developing type 2 diabetes.”

This article gives a basic definition of bulimia, which states that it is the act of binge eating and then purging in a n effort to prevent weight gain. It also says that the physiological thinking behind this disorder has yet to be discovered. Over al the article and its context seem to be reliable it often refers to research and experiments that have been

Eating healthy is imperative for your life. A healthy diet is the key to being fit. It is unlike any other regimen. You will feel so pure, balanced, and alert. A solid regimen even prevents some health issues. You will love your body and your body will love you if you begin healthy eating habits. There are significant reasons why eating healthy is vital to your health.