The Omnivore's Dilemma

I am reading The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan, and so far it is a great book. There are so many things in this book that a lot of other people probably would not know. For example, who knew that corn is in every single thing we eat? When I say that, I don't just mean corn and things with corn syrup, I mean everything! If someone wants a book that does not tell a story, but instead has a lot of interesting facts and is fun, but not too easy to read, this is definitely the book for them! All I know, is that it was definitely the book for me. In fact, every chapter's title sounded like something I would want to know about--every time I got to a chapter, I read the title and just said to myself, this sounds so interesting!

The other thing about this book is that it doesn't really leave anything out when it's talking about something in a chapter. For instance, every time I had a question that I did not remember reading in the book, in the next two or three sentences it answered my question. Also, if more people decide to read this book, it may change the way we eat and it might change the way we look at food, and if it does that our diets are going to be much healthier in the future! So, by just reading this book you can become healthier and happier in your life! That's something that I think the author did a good job on.

This author also uses evidence from his own life. For example, he talks about the times when his family went to fast food places and what they ate there and other things like that. Another thing I like, and probably many other people would like about this author, is that he makes the reader, which in this case me, feel like I'm really in the story sitting next to him as he tells it to me. This is something lots of authors probably do, but what this author does, is that he tells where he got his information after he makes a statement about something.

I find this helpful, because if I wanted to know more then what he's told me about that topic, I can either buy the book he got the information from or go to the website he got used. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to be a food detective and know the secrets behind what they eat.

The Omnivore's Dilemma

I just finished reading a book called The Omnivore's Dilemma The Secrets Behind What You Eat by Michael Pollan. The book is about where our food comes from.

There are lots of interesting facts in this book like how non organic potatoes are grown with a pesticide so toxic to our nervous system that no one is allowed in the field for 5 days after its sprayed then after the harvest the potatoes have to be stored for 6 months so the chemicals wear off before they are safe to eat. The book explains how a lot of our food is made with corn. You think there is lots of variety of food but it's mostly corn. For example corn is in Cheez Whiz, frozen yogurt, tv dinners, canned fruits, ketchup, candy, hot dogs, salad dressing, and cake mix. The industrial farms are feeding there cattle corn instead of grass and that's making the cows sick and diseased and they can pass bad bacteria to us like e. coli which can kill people.

I would recommend reading this book for people that want to know where their food comes from and how to make better choices about what we eat.