Pollan

It is confusing to think about that Americans value health food the most when if fact we are the most obese country. This phenomena can be explained by American's snacking, eating alone, and binge dieting only to gain all of the weight back. While Americans don't think negatively of the recent trend of making out diet our own and eating as we please despite what are friends and family are doing, it is in fact affecting the populations health as a whole negatively. I think that we should adapt to a more french style of living. The French think of foods such as chocolate cake as "celebration" while Americans associate it with "guilt"(Pollan). This is a much better attitude and lifestyle to live. The French are able to live this way because they eat small portions, don't snack or eat alone, and meals are lengthy communal affairs. While it is hard to just up and change a whole culture, I think that this lifestyle and way of eating would greatly improve the happiness and health of Americans.

While being in college, it is hard to have meals be lengthy social events. It is also hard to not snack through out the day and avoid eating unhealthy convenience foods. I can see why the American food culture has adapted to be the way that it is now. However, once I get older and start a family I want to try to live a more French lifestyle consisting of long meals spent with loved ones, where we are able to eat the foods the we enjoy with out feeling guilty about it.