The speaker discusses the topic called “ diet and health”, including two main points: the basic purposes of food and the reasons people choose their food. To start, she makes two assumptions about why people choose the food they consume that are nutritious and pleasurable.
First, she mentioned that eating for nourishment is one out of two reasons because when people consume food transformed into nutritious and digestive substances. Besides, enjoyment is the second factor contributing to what people decide to eat. Secondly, the speaker brings up the differences between French and American attitudes toward food. The French tend to consume food based on their gratification however they still are healthier and thinner than Americans who contemplate eating fat as a poison but can’t help ingesting them. Additionally, eating food relates to two main appearances of feeling, namely, happiness and culpability; to illustrate, Americans seem to feel guilty in contrast to the French take it as a celebration. Due to this, the French tend to enjoy and stay healthier than the Americans even though they consume the same type of food. Eating rules are taken as the main reason to affect people's diet because Americans tend to concentrate on nutrition while setting their meals. French nevertheless strict their eating habits. To sum up, choosing foods is a complicated activity that does not only require nutrition, digestion knowledge but also understanding science, society, emotional information to know what food we should eat.
The speaker discusses the topic called
“
diet and health”, including two main points: the basic purposes of
food
and the reasons
people
choose their
food
. To
start
, she
makes
two assumptions about why
people
choose the
food
they
consume
that are nutritious and pleasurable.
First
, she mentioned that
eating
for nourishment is one out of two reasons
because
when
people
consume
food
transformed into nutritious and digestive substances.
Besides
, enjoyment is the second factor contributing to what
people
decide to eat.
Secondly
, the speaker brings up the differences between French and American attitudes toward
food
. The French tend to
consume
food
based on their gratification
however
they
still
are healthier and thinner than Americans who contemplate
eating
fat
as a poison
but
can’t
help
ingesting them.
Additionally
,
eating
food
relates to two main appearances of feeling,
namely
, happiness and culpability; to illustrate, Americans seem to feel guilty
in contrast
to the French take it as a celebration. Due to this, the French tend to enjoy and stay healthier than the Americans
even though
they
consume
the same type of
food
.
Eating
rules
are taken
as the main reason to affect
people
's diet
because
Americans tend to concentrate on nutrition while setting their meals. French
nevertheless
strict their
eating
habits. To sum up, choosing
foods
is a complicated activity that does not
only
require nutrition, digestion knowledge
but
also
understanding science, society, emotional information to know what
food
we should eat.