In Defense of Food review

I did not really like the book, In Defense of Food. I do think it is an important book for Americans in general because we are a nation affected by obesity. However, since I am a skinny ninth grade boy, I found it boring. I have trouble gaining weight, so the parts about losing weight didn't relate to me, but I did like hearing some of the tips about just being healthy. The tip to not buy your food where you buy your fuel makes sense. I also thought the rule to shop around the edges of the grocery store is a good idea. I never thought about how the grocery store sets the food up and how food companies market their food as healthy when it really isn't. The best example of that was the comment that a sweet potato sits quietly like a stroke victim, while the cereal has packaging that claims all kinds of health benefits.


As far as the actual writing, I found it hard to follow and had to get some help from my mom to understand what it was saying. The nutritional words were hard to pronounce and the first part of the book about the goverment and food regulations was technical and hard to follow. I felt like the book could have been have the pages if the author had just gone right to the basics and made his point without all the wordy language.

It counts now.

     My goals for this upcoming school year is to make good grades, preferably all A's and few B's. The most challenging thing for me last year was organiation. I would do my homework but then loose points because i couldnt find it, which killed me because many times i was so close to an A or so close to a B that if i was more organized i would have gotten.

     This year everything counts toward your GPA, College transcripts and down the road, appling for a job. Highschool is very important to do well in everything you do so that when you are ready to go to college you can go wherever you want. Thats what's making me make sure every paper is safe away in my binder, making sure i do all homework assighnments, and studying really hard in advace for tests and quizzes. I hope this year starts a new trend for the remainder of highschool to do well.