Omnivores Diemma

In the book Omnivores Diemma, the author says that America doesn't have a main food culture, and we follow others and all the "experts" tell us what we should eat. America went through a red meat only phase because many said it makes you "healthier". We base it on what others eat since we are all followers and if people are eating that we feel the urge to follow. But by looking at America we are not just one big culture and has been around for many centuries to develop a main food culture. France and Italy has been around for a long time and was just like America in the past, but the main difference is the many types of cultures coming together and sharing the different cultures with others. Since there are many different ways to eat coming from all over the world its like that's our main food culture to share with your culture with others and to experience many different cultures. Even though people try and create new cultures like the Atkins diet (where you only eat red meat and no fruits or grains) it messes with our main culture and over powers it, but there is still a main culture, just not seen as a whole. Even though this is an example of a good diet it also has some negatives if your don't do all the parts, the Atkins diet has you eat all this fat but if you can work off the extra fat it will show results. But since America just sits around and be lazy the fat isn't burned and it affects America in the long run. America has a big food culture of many put together to share becasue of our wide verity of people but taking many new cultures the wrong way is a cover up and hides the real culture today.