Post 9

The health of the citizens of the United States of America is a problem that has been present for many years and many people attempt to search out an answer to how we can fix our unhealthy citizens. The two articles by Pollan and Dupuis discuss this search for healthy bodies to lengthen life and feel better. The two authors both use many examples of dieting and its effectiveness. Pollan specifically discusses a no fat diet that does not work. In other pieces by Pollan he discusses other diets that did not work and ended up being useless and even in some cases harmful. While it is important to eat the right foods these two authors discuss some rules that make it much easier keep a healthy and properly functioning body. Pollan defines the right food as what our great-great grandparents ate. This food eliminates all of the preservatives and additives that are so prevalent in our food today. It is difficult to get that pure of food though. Dupuis argues that we do not eat these types of food, even though we should, due to personal choice and action. He argues that the American population asks for advice to become healthier and once the doctors give this advice we do not act on the advice and unfortunately do not change our diets. Personally, I can see this in television advertising. Now many commercials come on advertising diet pills. Medicine that will supposedly promote your body to process the “good” versions of fat, cholesterol, sugar, and other nutrients that have more beneficial and less beneficial forms. Diet pills seem to be the lazy and easy way out of the problem of our eating habits. These two articles work very well together to establish an argument about how we should eat and how we do eat. According to these two food authors, with extensive ethos, we need to eat less and eat food that our ancestors would have eaten, to avoid the preservatives and other chemicals put in today’s food.