Whats Really in Our Food

In Pollan’s article, he exclaims that carbophobia is the most recent food fad to hit the American population. Pollan expresses, “America's food industry, more than happy to get behind any new diet as long as it doesn't actually involve eating less food, is still gung-ho on Low Carb.” Basically I see this as him saying that we as Americans will try to find anyway to rationalize how much we eat. It seems like in todays society, it is not the portion size that matters (portions keep getting bigger and bigger) but rather what is in the food that matters. This is basically what carbophobia is, Americans have this idea in their head that if we avoid eating carbs than portions do not matter. Which in my opinion is completely false. What I really find most interesting is how amongst this health craze in America; portions keep going up. A great example is the sizes of soda that we drink. Everyone knows that soda is not good for you but by companies putting on the label, “no caffeine” and “zero calories” we have this false notion in our minds that we can have as much as we want. These companies advertise that their products are healthy but in the process of making “zero calories” and “no caffeine” they are putting other harmful and unhealthy ingredients into their products.

            For me personally, I do not really pay to much attention to what is in the food that I eat. Growing up, whether this is right or wrong, my parents had this belief that as long as we ate a wide variety of foods and stayed active than there is nothing to worry about. To this day, this method has worked for me. They could be completely wrong but after eating this way for 19 years it seems to be working just fine for me.