"Man vs. Food" Infinite Food Challenges!!

     Today I want to introduce a strange TV show that’s airing on the America Travel channel—Man vs. Food. Adam Richman, a self-educated food “expert,” is the narrator. He travels all over America, introducing famous restaurants and unusual foods. He mostly visits restaurants that specialize in large portions, and he accepts challenges to eat at all of them.

     A friend introduced me to this program, so I watched a few episodes. The episode that I watched today features Adam visiting Mallie’s in Detroit, Michigan, where an amazing hamburger is on the menu. This restaurant usually makes 10-pound burgers, but Adam went there to eat a 190-pound burger. It took three men to handle the 210 pounds of meat and put it into a 30-inch pot. The size of the meat was almost the same as a car tire! Then they put the pot into the oven and cooked the meat for 16 hours. Next, a 20-pound hamburger bun was made to hold the meat, and it was topped with 10 pounds of cheese, 15 pounds of mixed vegetables, 4 pounds of crispy bacon, 3 entire heads of lettuce. It was unbelievably huge!

     Watching a few episodes of this program really surprised me. Most of the food that is featured is greasy and unhealthy and contains an exorbitant number of calories. I couldn’t help worrying that Adam would suffer from heart disease. I’m a Korean, and we usually eat light and non-greasy food. We often refer to greasy foods like pizza and hamburger as American food. In the past, we ate American food occasionally, but now we eat it often. Therefore, obesity is not only an American problem—it’s a worldwide problem. Obesity is spreading much like an infectious disease. Today we know that many diseases are caused by obesity, such as heart disease and diabetes. It’s time to recognize this problem and work to change it. I hope that we can turn to programs that find healthy and fresh food that nourishes us instead of greasy and high-calorie food that sickens us.

"The Omnivore's Dillemma"

     When I read the first few pages of the book “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michale Pollan, I thought it was very interesting. But after a few pages more, I felt this book was just not so interesting. This book contained so much information that we do not know. Before I read this book I was kind of a carnivore; I love to eat meat and did not want to eat veggies. However, when I read through this book I was shocked. I never thought about how food and meat are processed, but now I am trying to avoid fast food. Also, I was shocked that organic industries exist because I thought all” Organic Food” was from personal farms. I went to KFC last week and I enjoyed the meat but it suddenly occurred to me how the chicken was processed, so I stopped eating. However, I do not want to avoid eating meat because I do not think all meats are harmful.

 

    The book “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” is a very thoughtful book. I learned so much information about food from this book. It was a little unfamiliar at first, because this book was my first book about food. But I think this book tells us not just about the problems with food; it tells us about our society’s problems. I already recommended this book to my friends and if I the chance, I want to strongly recommend this book to other people.    

     Nowadays, many people are enthusiastic about being vegetarian because of their health and the environment. I understand that the killing of animals for our happy meal is not understandable. However, most animals are edible. They are grown to be eaten, so I think this is not an immoral thing. I do not want to support the carnivores, vegetarians, or Omnivores, because all they have individual tastes.

     I learned many things from this book and am very happy I read it. This was a good time to look at my eating habits. Therefore, I think it is memorable and I highly recommended this book.  

"Whole Food Market" the New World!

     In the beginning, I wondered if I had gone to a Whole Food Market before. I finally remembered that I had gone there one time with my friend. It was my first time going to an organic store, so I was quite excited. I asked my friend why she so often went to Whole Food Market and she said that she tried to buy her meals and food there because of her health. She also admired the Whole Food store. I don’t have a car and the store is too far from my house, so I can’t easily go there. I often go to the Safe Way or Target to buy food, but she said that the quality of food at Whole Food Market was much better than at the other stores. When we first arrived, I saw the store’s sign, which was green and white, I think. I just remember that it looked really healthy. It looked like milk and green grass. When I first entered the store, I was very surprised. All of the products were labeled as organic or locally grown. It is really different from Safe Way’s organic products. The Whole Foods Market feels really amazing. Most of the products have food literature and organic marks. I was most surprised when I went to the produce section. The vegetable section was quite cold because the vegetables need to be kept in cold temperatures to stay fresh. The vegetables and fruits were very moist and looked really fresh. I was also surprised because of the price. The prices at Whole Foods are much more expensive than other grocery stores, because all of the products are organic and locally grown.

     I also went to the Whole Food Web site. It also looks very healthy. When I clicked on the value section, I could see proof of their aspirations and pride. They wrote that they sell the highest quality natural and organic products available, which satisfies and delights their customers, and they also care about the environment and the community. Also the website includes the receipt for their consumers. The Online shop and they said they will be taking orders for Thanksgivings and Holidays in October. Then they kindly explain what is organic and locally grown.

     However, I have a one question about the Whole Food Market’s processed food. For example, the product “The Original Brat Hans All Natural Gourmet Chicken Meatballs”, when I looked the ingredient, they said the Chicken raised with out EVER using antibiotics, hormones, or steroids. I’m not sure that the processed food is Organic. But I think the “Whole Food Market’s processed food is better healthier than the other grocery store’s food.

     I think the Whole Food Market is great. They are trying to provide healthy and fresh products for the customers. In the past, I didn’t understand the difference between organic foods and Safe Way products, but now I can understand a little bit more.