Technology has negatively changed the American food supply as well as our diets over the past 50 years. Technology is always improving to make make our lives easier by creating machines to do things for us. For example, microwaves they heat up our foods in a matter of a few minutes. Today almost everyone in the American household owns a microwave in their home. Pollan backs this statement up by saying “They point out in 1980 less than 10 percent of Americans owned a microwave by 1999 that figure has reached 83 percent of households, As technology reduces the time,cost of food, we tend to eat more of it”. This has also caused more factory to be opened to make progressed foods that can be heated up by a microwave in order to create a dinner
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(Pollan 33). Instead of trying to make food healthier to lower risk of any disease in the future the scientist are making it worse by inflaming it with different chemical compounds. Lastly these chemicals has effect the food itself for example a twinkie which is a sweet roll is incapable of rotting. Like is that even food what kind of food doesn’t rot? Technology is our answer they have created chemicals to increase shelf life of our food and added article colors and additives to our food. Joan Gussow speaker for “Why You Should eat Food and other Nutritional heresies speech s “Joan Gussow has pointed out, they lie to your body; their artificial colors and flavors and synthetic sweeteners. Ex: twinkies incapable of rotting” (135). Technology has made is compatible for us to create all of these artful sweeteners, colors and extending shelf life. Concluding technology has an negative effect on the American diet in the world today and as well as our food …show more content…
Looking at what I eat now I need to change my diet. For breakfast I usually have a Nutri- Grain Strawberry or an apple and a bottle of water, on the go of course. On the other hand if I'm really in a hurry and need to grab gas for my car I just pick up a french vanilla coffee and a blueberry muffin. This already breaks two of pollan's food rules which is do all you're eating at a table and don’t get your fuel the same place as your car. I need to improve on this because you tend to eat more when you’re in a car or train. Also the food choices that I am making are very poor because their is a lot of calories in a muffin and a coffee. During the summer when more fruits and vegetables are in season my family and I usually go to the farmers market in the morning to get fresh fruits and vegetables which are grown locally. In addition during the summer my sister has her own garden which she grows tomatoes, green onion, cantaloupe etc…. In the summer it’s a lot easier to get fresh foods in Minnesota rather than in the winter. Moving on when I go to the grocery market I usually shop all over the place but usually in the middle aisles because that's where I can find pudding, sugary cereals and candy. When I do go to Cub or Target it’s usually a fast run if I need milk I will only run in and get a jug of milk than pay and right
(Pollan 33). Instead of trying to make food healthier to lower risk of any disease in the future the scientist are making it worse by inflaming it with different chemical compounds. Lastly these chemicals has effect the food itself for example a twinkie which is a sweet roll is incapable of rotting. Like is that even food what kind of food doesn’t rot? Technology is our answer they have created chemicals to increase shelf life of our food and added article colors and additives to our food. Joan Gussow speaker for “Why You Should eat Food and other Nutritional heresies speech s “Joan Gussow has pointed out, they lie to your body; their artificial colors and flavors and synthetic sweeteners. Ex: twinkies incapable of rotting” (135). Technology has made is compatible for us to create all of these artful sweeteners, colors and extending shelf life. Concluding technology has an negative effect on the American diet in the world today and as well as our food …show more content…
Looking at what I eat now I need to change my diet. For breakfast I usually have a Nutri- Grain Strawberry or an apple and a bottle of water, on the go of course. On the other hand if I'm really in a hurry and need to grab gas for my car I just pick up a french vanilla coffee and a blueberry muffin. This already breaks two of pollan's food rules which is do all you're eating at a table and don’t get your fuel the same place as your car. I need to improve on this because you tend to eat more when you’re in a car or train. Also the food choices that I am making are very poor because their is a lot of calories in a muffin and a coffee. During the summer when more fruits and vegetables are in season my family and I usually go to the farmers market in the morning to get fresh fruits and vegetables which are grown locally. In addition during the summer my sister has her own garden which she grows tomatoes, green onion, cantaloupe etc…. In the summer it’s a lot easier to get fresh foods in Minnesota rather than in the winter. Moving on when I go to the grocery market I usually shop all over the place but usually in the middle aisles because that's where I can find pudding, sugary cereals and candy. When I do go to Cub or Target it’s usually a fast run if I need milk I will only run in and get a jug of milk than pay and right