Pollan starts out by talking about “Carbophobia” which is
the fear of eating too much carbs. He
talks about how pasta, bread, and other carbohydrate rich foods vanished because
they were labeled as unhealthy. The
cause of this fear is that Americans are trying to be overly healthy. We are not eating to how our body feels
but that we are eating only foods that have been deemed healthy by someone who may or
may not be credible.
I found
the most interesting part of this was the comparison to the French. I was surprised that the main answers from Americans
were related to health while the French associated those types of foods with
pleasure and more positive connotations.
What is even more surprising is that while we eat food based on health
we are not that healthy. And that the French who choose to eat food depending on pleasure are more health than us. I would of guessed from just this information
that the French would be less healthy than us.
I
choose what I eat depending on my past meals, how I am feeling, and what I have
planned until my next meal. If I have
been eating unhealthy or unbalance meals I try to make up for what I was
missing in my next meal. If I am feeling
sick I will usually try to get more healthy food in me over eating unhealthy
food. And if I have an activity planned
for later in the day that is strenuous I try to eat more carbs and protein to
keep my energy up. If I am planning on
having a lazy day I will usually eat healthier food.
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