For the past couple of weeks, "The Omnivore's Dilemma" has been on my coffee table. When I have a minute, I'll sit down with cup of coffee and read a few pages. Usually, I read books in a couple of hours, but not this one. There's a lot to take in.
For one thing, if the film "Supersize Me" didn't get you, or "Food, Inc." didn't put you off your Quarterpounder habit, "The Omnivore's Dilemma" with finish off any urge to ever eat at the Golden Arches again. Not even for the french fries, which is a powerful statement, right there.
Pollan's descriptions of the industrial beef process is gut-wrenching. Then factor in the cruelty, and the health hazards, and I really can't see EVER buying anything but grass-fed, free-range beef again.
And I'm only on the 6th chapter.
These books and films have been life changing and so very eye-opening for me. I used to CRAVE McDonald's at least once a week and when my family told me it was "bad for me," I just assumed it was the grease and the fat. I now understand it better and it's just scary!
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