Blog Post 9

Blog Post 9

            Polland and Du Puis both write about how food trends have changed over time and they also focus on the solutions for our numerous eating problems. Du Prius uses many historical examples to prove a few points by using religion, slavery, the Civil War, World War I, and others. “As time passed, new intermediaries-professionals and scientist-popularized new truths about eating that had been revealed to them through their communication with a different set of invisibilities,” (Du Puis). Pollan, in his piece “Unhappy Meals,” Pollan suggests that food that is said to be healthier is actually worse for you in many ways. He uses examples in low fat and low carb diets that have actually done more harm than good. Though he tells us to stop consuming as much food, he says we must eat wiser and healthier. Overeating has become a part of our culture, whether we like to admit it or not. We enjoy eating what we want when we want and we attempt to conform to diets that say we can do so by adding certain artificial products. However, these products cause numerous heath concerns, which breed usage of other synthetic products that continue this never-ending cycle. Pollan says that some of the things we eat, including potatoes, are good for your health but only in moderation. He talks about the 80% rule where you eat until your 80% full instead of eating to over 100% of your capacity and becoming too full. Overall, these pieces greatly illuminate the problems of food in our culture, and attempt to provide solutions that are insightful.