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ReadingQuestions: In Defense of Food, pp. 101-136
Transformation in ourFood System:
1. From Complexityto Simplicity
(a) Explain why Pollansays the simplification of the soil through artificial fertilizersis not a good thing.
(b) Explain why thesimplification of the species we are cultivating is not a goodthing.
2. From Quality toQuantity
(a) Give two examplesof how the nutritional quality of our food has deteriorated.
(b) Explain the termnutritional inflation and what it means for health.
3. From Seeds toLeaves
(a) Why has our dietshifted from leaves to seeds?
(b) What is missing inseeds that is found in leaves, and what are the health consequencesof this deficit?
(Please answer allparts)
