Peer Response #1

I completely agree with Alexandra's blog and her opinions on Michael Pollan’s book, In Defense of Food. Her opinion is that people have to decide whether they support manufactured food or not. It is up to people to do their own research about the food they are eating. She first describes how scientists began researching the components of food and their nutritional values. Scientists discovered that sailors who had scurvy could be cured by eating oranges. Later, it was found that the vitamin C in oranges cured scurvy. This marked the beginning of researchers and scientists advising people what to eat based on the nutritional value found in foods.

She brings up two examples of manufactured food: margarine and bread. Both of these were once all natural products. Butter is a natural product, it may be unhealthy, but it is natural. Margarine was created to be “healthier: than butter. Scientists and researchers have shown that natural butter is much better for you than margarine. The article Alexandra attached clearly shows that butter is better for your health. It lists the benefits and shows how butter is better for your health than margarine is. She also mentions that bread is starting to become chemically manufactured and costs much less because of the preservatives added to the bread.

I agree with Alexandra that people should decide for themselves on what they should eat. Much research has been done to support and to disagree with manufactured food, so information for the public is out there.

I think manufactured food is unhealthy and I prefer to eat natural, healthy food. But this is just my opinion and I think other people need to decide for themselves if they will support and buy manufactured food.