Eating Food : Food And Food

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Since processed foods have been around for sometime now in our local market stores we might have to consider a change of what we are consuming as “food”. In Micheal Pollan “Eat Food: Food Defined” he gives many examples of what is “food”. Such as how we should avoid certain things we are eating and purchasing. “The Pleasure of Eating” by Wendell Berry argues and states how food is agricultural and how we need to connect with what we produce.
Micheal Pollan “Eat Food: Food Defined” he states that “real food” as in something healthy to consume is something our grandparents or great-grandparents have eaten before or recognize. Meaning that if you take or pretend that your great/grandparents are there with you at the grocery store too only pick out foods that they personally recognize. .Micheal Pollan is stating that over time our markets have been replacing “real foods” with “food-like substitutes”. That we should only eat food that has been grown and not massively produced in a factory. Pollan also states that there are many reasons to avoid complicated food products (processed foods) (11). One reason to avoid these kinds of foods are because they lie to your body with their artificial colors, artificial flavours, and synthetic sweeteners. Processed foods can be very unhealthy for our bodies they can increase our chances of having cancer. There are many reasons why we make these processed foods and one of those reasons is to expend the shelf time in the supermarkets, so businesses won 't lose any money by throwing away products. . Another reason why we make processed food is because it 's cheaper and faster to make unlike making or growing it the old fashioned way where it takes more money and time. I believe this is no excuse to ...