"Peer Response"

Reading Jared's blog post on Michael Pollan's "In Defense of foods" was very interesting. He has taken some very good information away from reading the first few chapters. He gets into summarizing how Pollan thinks that the Western diet is very unhealthy for Americans. He talks about how Americans have gotten away from eating foods that their cultures traditionally ate and into the fact that stores are now stocked with foods with artificial nutrients in them. He talks about how it is much harder for Americans to get access to healthy foods. This is where he gets into talking about white bread vs. wheat bread. He talks about how these foods lead to Americans developing food related illnesses, such as heart disease, on a much more frequent basis that in past generations. This is where he has a link to an article that discusses white vs. wheat bread. In this article it says that if a person were to simply swap white bread for wheat bread it would cut their risk for heart disease by 20%. The article gives good tips on how to cut white bread out of your diet in replace of wheat. One method the article gave of doing this is to use bread that has half wheat and half white bread in it and then eventually switch entirely over to wheat bread once you become more accustomed to the taste. The article also talks about why white bread is unhealthier for you. The reason is that when you process the grain to make the white bread you take out the bran and the germ which contain 80% of fiber, nutrients, and antioxidants. Jared said he agreed with Michael Pollan's opinion on food. I would have to agree with Jared on his view of Michael Pollans opinions on food.