Omnivore's Dilemma

Curious if anyone else has read this book? 

I'm only through the first sections that discusses corn and it's roll in the American diet. It's really interesting stuff. Basically anything that is manufactured is made from corn. 

Almost all of our meat is fed some sort of corn mixture to fatten it up more quickly. This is affecting the amount of saturated fat in our meat compared to that of grass fed animals. 

Maybe I'm late in finding out this info but it really has me taking a closer look at my diet. 

What it points out is how profits and greed influence production..corn is indigestible but it adds cheap fat and so most all animals eat corn or soy so that farmers can make more money and we can keep prices down.

Its disgusting for sure.

I'm definitely going to be reading "In Defense of Food".

I'm amazed at how corn is basically ruining our diets. I'm as guilty of this as anyone also. I had no idea the detrimental effects this could have on not only me, but any future children I may have.

I'm just getting through the part on polycultural farming and its benefits on not only the environment but also our food. Some real eye opening stuff here. 

I've started making changes to my diet because of this book and movie. I'm not where I want to be at in terms of an every day diet. But I am making progress and noticing an increase in terms of energy level and not nearly as moody as I used to be.