Friday, February 19, 2010

In Defense of Food


In the opening pages of his novel, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, Michael Polan presents strong arguments regarding the health of humans based on the food that they eat. Polan states that the American society is straying away from the food from which they used to eat (organic, whole) and are beginning to consume an insurmountable amount of processed and almost “fake food”. He explains that much of the real food we grew up consuming is now being replaced by artificial substitutes that will prove to be detrimental to our health.
Throughout the first chapter, Polan refers to the term Nutrionism. He says Nutrionism is merely a trend in which scientists and food makers try to take out unhealthy products such as cholesterol and saturated fat, and replace them with polyunsaturated fats and vitamins. As soon as we find out some artificial substances are actually not beneficial to us, they are quickly substituted by another.
Personally, I feel that the best point that Polan made was the more food either holds advertisements on the labels or holds claims about its ingredients are the foods we should stay away from. Real food does not need to claim that it’s low in fat because it is what it is, and not artificially processed to lower the fat. Polan's argument is strongly defended in this article as it shows the danger of many of the foods in our own kitchen. Before America’s obsession with dieting and low fat diets, the majority of people were healthy in just eating actually food. Now we have more unhealthy people then ever and yet we still wonder why in countries such as France in which the majority of people don’t carry low fat diets are healthier than us.

Cheap Healthy Good

This is another blog I am following more related to the subject material on cheap and easy ways to eat healthy.

Friday, February 5, 2010

New York Rangers Blog

One of the blogs I have been following is the New York Rangers blog! Great way to stay updated on news about my favorite hockey team.

Sophomore Sensations Step Up In Leuer's Absence

The Kohl Center was scorching Tuesday night as the crowd continued to erupt after each Badger basket. After trailing 1-0, # 16 Wisconsin never lost another lead to #5 ranked Michigan St as the Badgers triumphed to a 67-49 victory. With the absence of big man Jon Leuer due to injury, the Badgers put out a smaller lineup highlighted by the spectacular play of Sophmore Jordan Taylor who scored 17 points in the win.