English B1A CLASS PACK - Bakersfield College

In Defense of Foodp. 1-15GROUP 1 PAGE 11. Copy the first three sentences of the book below:2. What do you think he means by the above statements?3. What is Pollan’s advice about eating meat?GROUP 2 PAGE 14. What is his advice about eating processed food products?5. What do you think he means by “whole fresh foods”?GROUP 3 PAGES 2-56. Why does Pollan suggest you “avoid products that make health claims”?7. What places has Pollan visited? Does this fact give him some authority as a source?8. It used to be that culture—or family—determined what people ate. Who tells us what toeat now?GROUP 4 PAGE 59. A 2006 study showed what about a low-fat diet?10. In 2005, we learned that dietary fiber may not protect us from what?GROUP 5 PAGES 5-811. Pollan cites a study by the Institute of Medicine at the National Academy of Science anda Harvard study. These two studies showed conflicting results on the question of thehealth benefits of eating fish. Why does Pollan cite these two studies? What is he tryingto demonstrate?41