In Michael Pollans essay “In Defense of Food” he makes a compelling argument about the additional ingredients in modern day food. After seeing how Pollan brought up the issues about the added ingredients in food, I now stand on his side when it comes to my opinion about modern day processed food. Michael Pollan proposes five ideas to keep Americans from purchasing most of the processed food that has been taking over ails of stores now a days. Pollan attempts to focus on the logos and pathos appeals to form a connection with the reader to make his argument stronger.
Pollan states “Don’t eat anything your great grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food”. (para. 3) This statement makes sense because of the reason that even younger generations are …show more content…
“Avoid food products containing ingredients that are (a) unfamiliar, (b) unpronounceable, (c) more than five in number, or that include (d) high fructose corn syrup.” (para 9) Just as Pollan suggests not following these rules won’t harm anyone instead it is a helpful indicator of what foods have been highly processed. There are countless numbers of processed foods that the average American will consume under the assumption that the writing on the box is “true”. Michael Pollan argues that food use to be made with a few amount of ingredients however, now they keep trying to improve foods by reducing the amount of fats or sodium. In result the foods are being slammed with more and more ingredients that the average person has not even heard of or can even pronounce out …show more content…
Pollans main argument throughout the entire essay is aiming at convincing the reader to consider his rules for shopping. He utilizes the pathos appeal to make a connection with the reader. Painting the metal image of your great grandmother for instance. Writing about shopping with your grandmother and seeing her pick up a yogurt staring at it trying to figure out if its food or tooth paste forms that connection. The average person can relate to seeing their poor grandmother shopping all confused which forms the emotional connection. The essay consist more of the logos appeal. When he mentions a rule he gives the logical reason for why the rule would work. Which gets the reader thinking about why it actually makes sense. Staying away from the middle makes perfect sense because of the fact that most supermarkets are laid out the same. If you stick to the outer walls or only seeing the fruits, vegetables, dairy, and
Pollan states “Don’t eat anything your great grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food”. (para. 3) This statement makes sense because of the reason that even younger generations are …show more content…
“Avoid food products containing ingredients that are (a) unfamiliar, (b) unpronounceable, (c) more than five in number, or that include (d) high fructose corn syrup.” (para 9) Just as Pollan suggests not following these rules won’t harm anyone instead it is a helpful indicator of what foods have been highly processed. There are countless numbers of processed foods that the average American will consume under the assumption that the writing on the box is “true”. Michael Pollan argues that food use to be made with a few amount of ingredients however, now they keep trying to improve foods by reducing the amount of fats or sodium. In result the foods are being slammed with more and more ingredients that the average person has not even heard of or can even pronounce out …show more content…
Pollans main argument throughout the entire essay is aiming at convincing the reader to consider his rules for shopping. He utilizes the pathos appeal to make a connection with the reader. Painting the metal image of your great grandmother for instance. Writing about shopping with your grandmother and seeing her pick up a yogurt staring at it trying to figure out if its food or tooth paste forms that connection. The average person can relate to seeing their poor grandmother shopping all confused which forms the emotional connection. The essay consist more of the logos appeal. When he mentions a rule he gives the logical reason for why the rule would work. Which gets the reader thinking about why it actually makes sense. Staying away from the middle makes perfect sense because of the fact that most supermarkets are laid out the same. If you stick to the outer walls or only seeing the fruits, vegetables, dairy, and