Summary Of Corn's Conquest

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In Michael Pollan’s “Corn’s Conquest” I find these findings disturbing. I am extremely shock to find out that the molecules in my body have been fundamentally altered by the prevalence of corn in our diet. Food is like taking a breath, we can’t survive with it, but in scientifically we can survive with it for certain amount of days. The repair of our body depends on the food we intake and the energy and nutrition’s it provides for our body. These nutrition’s keep us alive and makes our body functions correctly.
In America food companies rely on synthetic nutrients and other unhealthy ingredients to sell their products. These ingredients, with little or no nutritional value are added to thousands of food products that we consume everyday. These

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