Comments on: A Short History of the American Stomach http://libdrone.info/2008/03/31/a-short-history-of-the-american-stomach/ Why fit in when you were born to stand out? Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Will http://libdrone.info/2008/03/31/a-short-history-of-the-american-stomach/#comment-561 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:18:17 +0000 http://libdrone.info/2008/03/a-short-history-of-the-american-stomach/#comment-561 Good review Ron! I also did not read the book, but I listened to the interview. The most interesting part of it was the whole history of diet. Kaufman quotes Ben Franklin as saying, (as it related to diet choices), that because “human beings are reasonable creatures, we can find a reason for doing anything”.

It was a decent interview, and most of it was describing the history. Very interesting! But in parts of the interview, I felt like the author was really trying to make excuses for his own and the American diet by subscribing to Franklin’s reasoning theory. The bottom line is that most of the average U.S. diet is comprised of Soda, French Fries, Pizza and other fast food and beverages loaded with empty calories, sugar and salt. Bad, Bad, Bad.

-Will

]]> By: Cromely http://libdrone.info/2008/03/31/a-short-history-of-the-american-stomach/#comment-560 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:47:31 +0000 http://libdrone.info/2008/03/a-short-history-of-the-american-stomach/#comment-560 I haven’t read this book yet, but the author was on KUOW’s Weekday a few weeks ago. It was a fascinating interview. You can find the audio here: http://kuow.org/defaultProgram.asp?ID=14389

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