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Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
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| What Should We Eat?
Anthropologists call this question the omnivore's dilemma. In our past, this often meant distinguishing between which wild plants were safe to eat, and which ones would make us sick or even kill us. While we
may want to believe that we have evolved beyond this point, Michael Pollan’s new book shows us that this is not true. As we view the slick displays at our supermarkets and fast food restaurants, we still have to worry about which of these foods might kill us. In addition, our food choices have enormous consequences for the health of the environment as well.
In The Omnivore's Dilemma Pollan follows our three food chains—industrialized food, alternative or "organic" food, and food people obtain by hunting, gathering, or gardening—from its source to our tables. Along the way he reveals the hidden components of the foods we consume and explains many of the environmental and biological factors that underlie our tastes for particular foods.
Just a few facts and figures from The Omnivore's Dilemma:
- The obesity epidemic is shortening the lifespan of today’s generation of children—the first generation of Americans whose life expectancy will actually be shorter than their parents’.
- For the first time in history, according to a 2000 UN report, more people in the world suffer from over nutrition (1 billion) than from under nutrition (800 million).
- 45 of the items on McDonald’s menu are derived from corn. At least 13 of the 38 ingredients in a chicken McNugget are derived from corn.
- 1 in every 3 American children eats fast food every day; 1/5 of American meals are eaten in the car.
- 1/5 of all the petroleum used in the United States is consumed by the food industry—more than we burn with our cars or in any other industry.
- The industrial fertilizers and pesticide industries grew out of the conversion of the World War II munitions industry to civilian uses—nerve gases became pesticides, and ammonium nitrate explosives became nitrogen fertilizers.
Read The Omnivore's Dilemma and learn what you should eat.
©2006 Paperback. 435 pages.
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