The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan

Omnivore dilemma: Michael Polish's four-day natural history is a wonderful reading. As to what kind of book it will be, I entered adventure with little background, but to my surprise, it is not a page of compulsion faith, it is like a trip of education. The composition of Michael Poland is relaxing and funny and I always draw my attention. I began to read about human nutrition and food widely, but when I started reading this article I was skeptical, but I was very surprised by Mr.

Miscellaneous Animal's Dilemma: Natural History of Four Meals in Michael Poland - Poland has "Eating Disorder of the Nation", and the sarcastic of our constantly unhealthy country that is attracted by "health food" and diet It is emphasized. He walked a private journey of industrial agriculture, organic farming, hunting / gathering. You will never see industrial (or industrial organic) foods in the same way.

In his book 'Dilemma of omnivorous meals, natural history of four meals', Michael Poland talks about human problems related to our food chain, which affects the quality of food we eat. At the time of writing, Pollan visited every level of the food production chain as a research reporter. He started with an industrial farm in Iowa State and a farm in Kansas State, an organic farm in Virginia state and a slaughterhouse, and finally arrived at a supermarket where all of us participate. He not only follows the ecological path of food from planting to consumption, but also follows the path of evolution of our diet for many years. Pollan pointed out that the plight of omnivores is how much we choose as a human, but there is little information on where we should eat and where our food comes from.

Michael Poland 's dilemma of omnivorous animal: the natural history of four meals "published by Penguin in 2006 is an examination by the author of the overall eating habits of Americans. Polan achieved this theme by treating food as a naturalist. He pointed out that our food all come from plants, animals, fungi. In the first part of the book, Polan summarized the corn industry. Corn and oil form the core of the food industry. Corn is a by-product and oil is brought to our table as fossil fuel. Poland analyzed McDonald 's lunch. The origin of the meal is in the corn field of Iowa Province, focusing mainly on eating corn and eating hamburgers. Oil used to cook French fries is also from corn. In milkshake and soda water, the syrup used is also derived from corn. To my surprise, maize is also one of 38 ingredients of chicken macnugget. Any reasonable reader will ask, "How is this possible?"