In the essay of “Escape from the Western Diet,” Pollan argues that we as Americans should avoid the “Western Diet”. Pollan is well known from his books that he has written and is a professor at University of California. Michael Pollan argues that many of the different nutritional theories behind some of diseases that afflict those who eat a “Western Diet”. Even though, Pollan doesn’t believe the theories and states that “It’s not the eater so much as it is the food industry and the medical community
America’s Food Crisis An American food crisis sounds unrealistic at first, until the author describes the definition. America's food crisis is due to the quality of our food and its impact on our health, environment, and values. Americans have always thought on a larger scale of things, adding to how quickly companies have grown. Focusing on quantity over quality obesity has become an epidemic with the large availability of unhealthy foods. The amount of chemicals and antibiotics put into our food not