Summary Of Escape From The Western Diet By Michael Pollan

There are more ways to shun obesity. Michael Pollan, who wrote “Escape from the western diet”, claims that the fast food industry are one of the main reasons why the people struggle with their health. He believes that the processed food we consume gives us harmful deceases. Pollan urges us to listen to his words to avoid the “Western diet”, he preaches that this is main cause of obesity, yet he does not give concrete information. I disagree with Pollan’s view that the food industry is the main cause of our health problems because although Pollan gives us great arguments he does not dive in into greater detail. Pollan states that we should simply avoid processed food by buying food that is not consisted with chemicals and supplements, but

Pollan develops some straight forward rules and eating policies with the help of some research. It will not consist any food that we should eat, nutrients, or calories. Basically, he tells us to not only know what to eat but also know how to eat. Mary Maxfield, “Food as though: Resisting the moralazation of eating” calls Pollan out on his lack of evidence on his rules giving us definitive results “His rules function as eating algorithms” (Pg. 443) his rules would help, if we were some sort of food experts, but that is not the case for everyone. So basically, what Pollan is telling us is to guess on picking the right food and hope for the best. As an example; If I were in a position like this I would just assume that anything that says “Whole food” labeled on it will be the right option, yet Pollan even thinks that “Whole food” is bad since it is processed as well to an extend, so he says. Some consumers do not have the knowledge on picking the right foods for themelves, some people are in need of a concrete menu or rules with more specific food, and Pollan needs to be that person if he wants to proof that his rules are true. The obesity status has greatly increased over the past few decades, Pollan says that obesity is our “greatest threat” (Pg. 423) it is threat, not our greatest but it does have an affect towards us. Mary Maxfield, Food as though: Resisting” Says that “Voices like Pollan’s warns us about eating to much—often without any parallel warnings against eating too little” (Pg. 445) we continue to believe that if we stop eating too much than we will be ok. Has Pollan ever thought about what would happened to our health if we we’re to eat too little? If we we’re to reduce our eating than we would run the risk of eating too little. We would lose vitamins and nutrients. Pollan does not give us any specific amount of