Carb Hard or Carb Home

I have actually thought about many of Pollan’s points. How many have I heard some say “I am not eating carbs until Formal” “I cannot eat that, it isn’t whole wheat” “No more beer, too many carbs”. “Carbophobia, the most recent in the centurylong series of food fads to wash over the American table, seems to have finally crested, though not before sweeping away entire bakeries and pasta companies in its path,” (Pollan 1) it only takes one article in Comso for a wave of people to go on an extreme diet. People will listen to anything they hear. I feel like this American diet views are a joke.

People will listen if one of their friends texts them and tell them that if they eat a lot of bananas they will lose weight or have a six-pack. I find it so funny that people have this mind set. There are some many ways to find out legitimate diets that will not only make you look better, but make you feel better. If someone knows where to look for one of these diets, they will be much more successful. “Food marketing in particular thrives on dietary instability and so tends to heighten it,” (Pollan 4), the problem is, companies jump on these kinds of fads. When the country hopped onto the carb free lifestyle, companies would make sure that their items would have low carbs, and they would make it very apparent on their packaging.

Personally, I do not worry too much about low carb or trends like that. I think it is important to have a balance diet, and I know when I need more protein and more carbs. So I think that overall my diet depends on what I have been doing, if I have been working out a lot, I need a lot of protein and if not, I just have a normal balanced diet.