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Pollan's Criticisms Of The Food Industry

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Would it be possible to incorporate a healthier diet into the average consumer’s lifestyle? I believe with the help of committees and the enforcement of their petitions a difference could be made. If enough evidence is found confirming the health hazards caused by fake foods along with class action lawsuits filed against certain mass food producers, then either a change will have to be made or they will be shut down by FDA regulators. In professor Unger’s class, we discussed how one of Pollan’s main criticisms of nutritional science is that certain foods have been altered to include preservatives that appeal to the consumer’s taste, completely numbing their perspectives and the effects that the products have on them. If this is true then why are these products still being sold? …show more content…

The importance of the food production business has risen ten-fold. People have begun to realize all the controversies surrounding the ethics of substantial food producers. Companies still believe that it is okay to insert unnatural preservatives into the foods we eat as long as the taste created is one that will keep the company profiting, completely disregarding the health aspect of the consumer’s diet. “I have long stated that if you want to be optimally healthy, you should spend 90 percent of your food budget on whole foods, and only 10 percent on processed foods. Unfortunately, most Americans currently do the opposite, and their health suffers as a result”(Dr.

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