Michael Pollan is an author, activist, and professor of journalism at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. In 2010, he was named as one of the top 100 most influential people by Time Magazine. He is also a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine, and has been writing for them since 1987. His many awards are not limited to, John Burroughs prize in 1997, the James Beard Award, and the 2009 President’s Citation Award from the American Institute of Biological Sciences. In 2008, the book In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, was released. This book attempts to break down the question, why do we eat? This would seem as a primitive concept to someone casually reading the book, but the material within the pages are sure to shake anyone’s philosophy on food.
Michael Pollan grew up in 1955, a year of booming industry in our country. One could assume that Pollan experienced, first hand, the social revolutions of the 60s and 70s and how our diets shifted in these times. It would be a well based assumption that, in this time, Pollan began to …show more content…
Not too much. Mostly Plants.” These are the words of Michael Pollan in his book titled, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. This book welcomes the reader to old knowledge that may be new to the reader. Pollan argues that our species has always had a variety of diets and a variety of foods that are found in the diets. He continues to mention that there are high carb and fat diets, as well as all meat, all vegetables. He proceeds to comment that these are not necessarily all bad, but that these diets are not often found in Western culture. (Pollan 11) This was an eye opener for me. As a westerner, I am used to eating a plate with a medium rare steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans and copious amounts of rolls. This was the norm for me for many years, but as Pollan begins describing how many diets around the world involve different foods, I began to realize just how impaired my personal diet
Michael Pollan grew up in 1955, a year of booming industry in our country. One could assume that Pollan experienced, first hand, the social revolutions of the 60s and 70s and how our diets shifted in these times. It would be a well based assumption that, in this time, Pollan began to …show more content…
Not too much. Mostly Plants.” These are the words of Michael Pollan in his book titled, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. This book welcomes the reader to old knowledge that may be new to the reader. Pollan argues that our species has always had a variety of diets and a variety of foods that are found in the diets. He continues to mention that there are high carb and fat diets, as well as all meat, all vegetables. He proceeds to comment that these are not necessarily all bad, but that these diets are not often found in Western culture. (Pollan 11) This was an eye opener for me. As a westerner, I am used to eating a plate with a medium rare steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans and copious amounts of rolls. This was the norm for me for many years, but as Pollan begins describing how many diets around the world involve different foods, I began to realize just how impaired my personal diet