Janelle Sims Blog #1

In his recent work “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” Pollan declares the significance of corn adaptation and rise of synthetic nitrogen in the application of corn in today’s food production. Page forty-two states, “The discovery of synthetic nitrogen has changed everything-not just for the corn plant and the farm, not just for the food system, but also for the way of life is conducted.” Because of the present economic abundance of fossil fuels, the nutritional values of most American diets have plummeted. With an emphasis of corn on farms in chapter two, Pollan addresses not only the nutritional dangers, but also the environmental hazards. Pollan’s purpose of this novel is to provide his readers with the hard-hitting, gruesome realities of mass production and the resulting effects on human health.
When it comes to the topic of McDonald’s, most humans readily agree that it is not a source of healthy eating. Where this argument usually ends, however, is on the question of the manner in which people use or, in some cases, abuse the delicious fast food chain. Pollan speaks of his personal family dinner out to the world-wide burger joint in chapter six. Within this chapter, he candidly speaks of the corn and high fructose corn syrup levels found in the McNuggets. The results are disturbing; which is precisely his objective.
Personally, the excerpts from “They Say, I Say,” have been more than beneficial. In the above paragraphs, I used examples from the text to approach my writing in a new direction. With the bright and relatable tone, the paradigms shown are easily transitioned into my writing which is an incredibly useful source.