Response to the Readings #5

Chapter sixteen of the Omnivore’s Dilemma had dealt with the 2 different evolutionary strategies for dealing with the question of food selection. So the foods we choose can impact our lives and that is why I choose to eat healthy. Our sense of taste is the first tool to detect the kind’s foods we like and dislike (291). Michael Pollan did an excellent job in describing the positive and negative views of food selection. There are many people, including myself that are picky eaters. However, the word “disgust” would turn out to be another valuable tool that deals with the omnivore’s dilemma. Much of our food is relied on culture, because people from different countries eat a variety of foods. For an example, in America people love eating cheeseburgers and fries, but in Mexico most people love to eat carne asada.
Humans find it difficult to choose the types of food that are essential for their healthy diet. So Pollan had concluded that “we rely on expert opinion, advertising, government food pyramids, and diet books, and we place our faith in science to sort out for us what culture once did with rather more success” (303). He is correct about this statement, because I do rely on experts to tell me what types of foods are healthy for me to eat. We are able to consume anything that our mind desires and much of this reason is because of personal habits. The food that humans eat can be the downfall of their health and people choose to make these decisions because it’s what they like to eat.