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obsession with healthy eating. Michael Pollan is an author, journalist, and professor of journalism at the University of California. He has written four New York Times bestsellers, and has had articles published in The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, and National Geographic. In Defense of Food is one of multiple books he has written focusing on diet, and his aim is to help readers “reclaim their health and happiness as eaters,” by defending food and the eating thereof. He starts this…

In the article “Escape form the Western Diet” Michael Pollan talks about how the Western diet is unavoidable, yet, he says people can escape it. In the article, Pollan talks about the health problems it causes. There’s also the food industry and their ways of selling their products. Then the main theory throughout the article Nutritionism. Nevertheless, a problem that Pollan has, is that the products that the industries makes are bad for our health and people still consume the merchandise. The…

It, and Subsidize Vegetables” was written by Mark Bittman in an opinion section of the New York times. Food that has negative or no health benefits are to be taxed so foods that are healthier are cheaper and more available to all people. I believe eating unhealthy food is an addiction and should not be taxed because people cannot control themselves. Tax the unhealthy food to make the healthy food cheaper. The taxation of unhealthy foods would produce billions of dollars for the government to…

Michael Pollan’s article “Escape from the Western Diet” has provided the knowledge on effects of consumption of western diets which is mostly a processed food and how to change a diet from processed food to wholesome food. In contrast, David Freedman’s article “How junk food can End Obesity” compares the nutrition level and healthiness of wholesome food and processed food and also discusses the obesity issues and how to tackle it through processed food. According to pollan, the nutritionist or…

When I was 6 years old I realized I was my mom's twin. It was one day when we were just sitting in the kitchen having a normal conversation about how I am such a picky eater. Not only did I realize I was like my mother when it came to eating certain foods. When I was growing into my teenage years I realized I was like her in other ways. I was caring and helpful just like my mom when it came to helping out other people. In high school I realized I was a hardworking just like my mom when it came…

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A commercial depicts a male and his group of friends going out to get fast food. His friends order double stacker cheeseburgers while the male decides to order a salad. The male cashier seems puzzled, “what are you watching your figure, pretty boy”. We just put healthy foods on the menu to appease “chicks”. The male responded, “You know what, on second thought give me a Quad beef stacker with extra cheese and pickles. The cashier countered, “That more like it buddy”. Consumption of meat has…

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION FAST FOOD Fast foods are termed as fast, simply accessible and low-cost alternatives to home-cooked meals, in line with the National Institutes of Health (NIH). They additionally tend to be high in saturated fat, sugar, salt and calories. In line with the federal agency, several fast food chains have passed through growing public awareness regarding nutrition by giving some food that are lower in fat and calories than their nominal fare. Fast food is the term…

is, but there are standards for what meat and food is being sold in schools, which for that, students can be eating healthily. Admittedly, fast food can be healthy, but one reason fast food should not be served at schools is that it is clearly not healthy food for academic abilities because of fast food containing many chemicals that aren’t safe for students to eat, especially when eating it everyday. Another reason is that fast food can lower academic performance for many students. The last…

Quality and safety are two important elements in consumer food perceptions and decision making associated with food choice (Grunert, 2005). The quality of food is an extremely important aspect of human life and people are becoming more concerned about nutrition, food safety and environmental issues that determine their acceptance of food products (Lazarova, 2010). Consumers are believed to generally prefer product of high quality. However the underlying cognitive determinants of quality and…