Examples Of Omnivore's Dilemmas

How often do you think about what you eat? Humans have transitioned from a hunter-gatherer society where finding food is a living to a world where anything is available at the touch of a button. From colorful bags of greasy chips to organic carrots, there are aisles and aisles of options available at both the supermarket and Amazon for you to get food whenever you need it. However, with the rise of easy access to food, there is another problem to be solved by humanity. Which options do you choose? This is the omnivore’s dilemma.
This problem is amplified in America, a melting pot of diverse people without a single unified culture. Supposed experts advise a smoothie-only diet, to skip every other meal, or other extreme, often unsupported solutions. With all kinds of differing opinions on the best diet, how can anyone decide on what to eat? Utterly perplexed by this longstanding dilemma, Michael Pollan set out to figure it out himself. His hands-on approach begins with research about the composition of food, and moves onto thoroughly analyzing each aspect of the industrial food chain, the industrial organic food chain, the hunter-gatherer method, and small, local farms.
What is the one ingredient that makes up most of our food and even our world? Corn. Pollan begins with an analysis of a single McDonald’s meal. He finds that the meat used
My mother is slightly paranoid - she always buys organic, GMO-free, all-natural food. At the supermarket, organic milk and fruits are always more expensive than the other dozens of brands. I’ve always wondered whether it is really worth it to pay that extra price. Others argue that there is no benefit to “organic food”, saying that GMOs and fertilizers have no effect. Another argument I’ve heard is that organic food is not REALLY organic. As a result of my experience with organic food, Pollan’s investigation into the organic food chain is quite pertinent to my