Culinary Arts I
Week 1, Day 2
Your culture
Your beliefs
Your taste
buds
Why do
you eat
what you
eat?
Your ethnic
background
Your
geography
History’s
influence
Culinary Arts I
Week 1, Day 2
What’s Wrong With What We Eat? Mark Bittman
https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_bittman_on_what_s_wrong_with_what_we_eat?language=en
1.
According to Mark Bittman, what problems does livestock production cause, aside
from greenhouse gas emissions?
2.
“Lifestyle” diseases like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and some cancers are
more prevalent in the U.S. because of … ?
3.
How many bottles/cans of Coke are consumed per day in the world?
4.
What is “the problem,” according to Mark Bittman?
5.
If you eat more plants and less “other stuff,” you will _________________ according
to Bittman.
6.
Animals and junk food have the following in common:
7.
What was wrong with the government’s original “food guide pyramid”?
8. How did people eat in each of the following eras? (And what, historically, changed to
affect this?)
1900 -
1930s on…
1950s on ...
1970s on...
2000 to now...
9. In his conclusion, what does Mark Bittman say are the main problems with what we
eat?
10. And what are his recommendations for our diets?