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    wrote “Escape from the western diet”, claims that the fast food industry is one of the main reasons why people struggle with their health. He believes that the processed food we consume gives us harmful deceases. Pollan urges us to listen to his words to avoid the western diet, he preaches that we should start eating healthier and to put more time and effort when it comes to buying food. Pollan provides us with his rules as well and claims that it will help us plot our way out of the western diet

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    given the chance. I have my own view on the debate that will probably be somewhere in the middle that you can probably can be done through many ways, and that one's health can be maintain and a variety of methods. Michael Pollan's article "escape from the Western diet" is an article that can be served as both a diagnosis of a problem

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    Breaking the habits of a Western diet is what this whole essay focuses on. Eating healthy food is really important because it help to maintain a good healthy body. In Michael Pollan’s essay “Escape from the Western Diet”, he informs people about the western diet and tells them that they need to escape from it. The reason why people should escape from the western diet is to avoid harmful diseases. There are three main points of this essay which Michael Pollan has told and they are; scientists make

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    because diet is the main difference between life and death. Michael Pollan, who has written multiple books about food and eating, focuses on the Western diet in his essay, “Escape from the Western Diet.” In the essay, he argues that people need to stop eating a Western diet because it leads to health complications, such as chronic disease. The standard way of thinking about health has it that the Western diet is an acceptable lifestyle choice; however, Pollan argues that escaping the Western diet is the

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    Escape from western diet Nutrition science is the study of micronutrients (when food is broken down its smallest components) and its impact on human health and behavior. Various curious nutritionists are conducting research so as to identify the probable nutrient due to which western diet is accused to be the source of chronic diseases. Michael Pollan explores different theories in an effort to resolve the issue. The western lifestyle has made it difficult to avoid intake of processed or industrialized

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    Food is essential to life. Everything that is living needs to consume food in order to survive, thrive and reproduce. Humans, unlike most animals, have a vast diet. In today’s world, processed foods rule the supermarkets and organics lay in the shadows. The more expensive, yet healthier, organics are not nearly as appealing to Americans than the readily available processed foods that cost a fraction of the price. This is a serious dilemma because the current system almost forces people to buy the

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    Throughout the years in the United States, fast food has become the prominent diet of citizens. Many people do not realize the harmful effects of eating fast food on a daily basis. Many people in the United States are use to consuming foods that are processed with sugars and other chemicals, without being aware of eating a unhealthy diet can increase the risks of being obese ;as well as, having numerous health issues. Although people try their best to eat healthy and more productive they do not know

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    Pollan expresses his views on what the Western diet is and how Americans need to escape from it. To the author, a type of American diet consists of an excessive amount of fast food and how it can lead to obesity and illnesses. Pollan expresses how he disagrees with the diet and states that both food and health industries are partially to blame for this. Pollan gives his opinion on the food industry, medical community and his own ideas on how to escape this diet. I agree with Michael Pollan’s views

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    of Americans have obesity (Adult Obesity Facts). One of the major reasons causing obesity is a poor diet, what some call, the Western Diet. In Michael Pollan’s article “Escape from the Western Diet”, he argues that people should give up the western diet. Pollan reaffirms to readers, that those who indulge in the ways of the western diet are prone to a variety of chronic diseases. The western diet, he argues, is not good and should be put to an end. As Pollan asserts, people should focus more

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    them nutritional value but in truth it is only doing more harm than good. While some may argue that it is ultimately the responsibility of the consumer because no one is forced to eat, but the main problem it to stop eating a western diet that America has been accustomed to diet or not. Because of the amount of processed food causing chronic diseases, inflation of the pricing of the health care industry, and the constant fact that food is readily available without properly knowing what they’re eating

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