Riley Nagle Escaping the drive through. Can it be done?

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As Americans we are constantly bombarded with catchy slogans like !m loving it"# A mans burger"# you can!t have $ust one"# and with all this pressure to eat unhealthy constantly bearding our senses how can one ever hope to escape to a land o% %resh %ruits and vegetables and non supplement %eed and non hormone n$ected super cattle? &his is the 'uestion raised by author (ichael )ollan in his article Escape %rom the western diet".

&hrough out the past seventy years or so the amount o% %ast %ood consumed by Americans has increased drastically not surprisingly this was %allowed by a steep rise in the levels o% obesity# diabetes# as well as the number o% cholesterol related heart attacks. &hrough out his article )ollan discuses the %act the Americans are always looking %or that one problem causer they can do away with to solve the dilemma. &he author then points out sadly that there is no one cause# stating that yes as some scientists have theori*ed the lack o% micro nutrients in re%ined carbohydrates may be a contributing %actor to the plummeting American health+ it doesn!t help that we add in a sugar soaked diet". ,is recommendation to solve this obtrusion into our sel% proclaimed American identity o% strength is simply to stop eating a western diet". -ater in the article we are given some insight as to why all these di%%erent theories have come out about why American health is on a steady downward slope# simply put the %ood industry needs these theories to see where they can improve and the medical industry so they can develop new treatments %or the diseases caused by the new overlooks o% the %ood industry.

)ollan later goes on to talk about how several e.perts have theori*ed that we would be best o%% going back to the diets o% our ancestors which granted dose have its bene%its and detractors. &hough it would be %un to run through the %orest chasing deer in my opinion )ollan points out that we $ust have to %ind a way to escape the worst elements o% the western diet something %ar easier said then done. ,e %inishes his article out by talking about strategies to consider to help you eat healthier as wall as some political ideas and suggestions to help improve American health.

agree that obesity and a general disregard %or nutrition are two o% the biggest problems %acing Americans today. am o% the same opinion as the author that i% some social wellness laws are not enacted soon the rate o% obesity in America will sky rocket and we will be the chubby laughing stock o% the world. ,owever this is something have a very di%%icult time coming up with an idea that could actually prove e%%ective without encroaching on Americans rights as human beings. have %ound no way to disprove the authors claim that it is almost impossible to %ully escape the western diet however do %eel that with $ust a little e%%ort on the part o% the individual a very healthy meal choice can be made almost anywhere. disagree with the author on very little he points out how American culture has turned our daily diet into a parade o% drive through windows and microwave meals.