After reading "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan, my personal thoughts on the food industry are that many Americans don't know that most of the food in our homes are processed. Many Americans don't know where their food comes, what's in it or what it does to our bodies. After I read this book, I changed my eating habits immediately, in fact, I've shared what I've learned with my friends and family. I think it's important that American's learn where our food comes from so we'll be better prepared to fight disease and manage our health.
             Before I read "The Omnivore's Dilemma" I didn't know that most of the food and drink we consume has corn as an ingredient. I also didn't know that America is facing numerous food related illnesses including heart disease and obesity. I was unaware that some cattle owners provide their cattle with feed that contains parts of other cows - this is thought to possibly be the cause of mad cow disease.
             Throughout the years the food industry has gotten to the point where we have few options other than eating unhealthy. I believe that fast food chains are practically the worst "food" we can call food without it being fake. I've never paid much attention to the things I eat and this book has certainly changed that. I've always heard, "You are what you eat." If this is true then we owe our bodies superb care in how we choose to nourish ourselves.
             Pollan explains in crucial detail how American food production which was once sun based became fossil fuel based: we now use fossil fuels to process corn into feed for cows and pigs, whereas before in the fifties we used the sun to grow grass to feed to the cows.
             "Beginning in the fifties and sixties, the flood tide of cheap corn made it profitable to fatten cattle on feedlots instead of on grass, and to raise chickens in giant factories rather than in farmyards. Iowa livestock farmers couldn't...