Blog Three: Real Food vs. Fake Food

Pollan warns us of "fake" foods, and says that we can improve our health by eating "real" foods. I find myself and my family eating more fake food with our hectic life styles. When I was a kid I use to eat real hamburgers and fries, but now I eat these foods from fast food places. The fake food version of hamburgers and fries doesn't smell at all like real grilled cheeseburgers and homemade fries. It has no smell and the burger tastes almost like rubber with a lot of grease and fat on it. The real homemade food is grilled, tasty and would melt in my mouth when I ate it. The real food also has more texture than the fake food.
The fake food provides me with little or no essential vitamins/nutrients. It is nutritionally worse than what it's trying to imitate. The burger and fries from fast food places are loaded with grease and de-fried. Sometimes fast food places will make the claim that their burgers are low in fat and carbs, but that is not at all true. I switched to the fake food version of hamburger and fries because I went to college and had fewer resources to actually grill my burger and make the homemade french fries. Also I have less time during school to make a good meal. During the summer I will return to eat the real food again because that is the time my family always grills out. It is hard to cook in college because I have little money and no cooking utensils. Dr. Leslie Van Romer supports my idea that people have less time, so they turn to fake food for the answer. She says fake food is not good for the body and it has a lot of chemicals that one does not want entering his/her body. For now, I will continue to eat my hamburger and fries at McDonalds, but sparingly. Summertime is when I will return to eating the delicious "real" food I love!