Many believe that industrialization and mass production have had a positive impact on the world of business and mankind alike, but is this really so? It is a fact that people do not have to pay exorbitant prices for shoes, bags, clothes, or food any longer because of mass production. But, on the other hand, what are the consequences of goods produced on a mass scale. Michael Pollan, in his book The Omnivore’s Dilemma, points out that in a country like America, where the major portion of food comes from corn, because it is mass-produced, there is no wonder that people develop eating disorders. This is because “from eating too much of the same thing when crops were good, and not enough of anything when they weren’t,” (Pollan, p. 279), the man puts his diet out of balance. To overcome this predicament, Americans are always on the lookout for the “best diet” and have developed the “omnivore’s dilemma” when it comes to decisions relating to food. The significant question is, what are the alternatives? A person need not become a hunter or gatherer to resolve the omnivore’s dilemma. With conscious choices and determination to find the origins of one’s food, one can overcome the omnivore’s dilemma and determine a balanced diet. The issue that Pollan raises in his book is, “we eat by the grace of nature, not industry, and what we’re eating is never anything more or less than the body of the world” (Pollan, p. 411). This implies that they eat because they need to exist as part of nature, and whatever they eat comes from nature. However, if this were the case, America would not encounter the omnivore’s dilemma. From burgers to soda to ice cream, everything in America is mass-produced. This trend is so rampant that it is difficult to distinguish where food comes from. Pollan describes an American meal as “the myriad streams of commodity corn, after being variously processed and turned into meat, converge… at KFC or Pizza Hut or Applebee’s” (Pollan, p. 109). To confront this problem, Pollan decides to investigate a meal he has prepared for a group of people and discovers that it is not just industrialization that needs to be put on trial. From the food-producing chain comprising of various food production farms and industries to the supermarkets which sell them and the media which makes so much hype about the so-called intelligent nutritional wisdom, all influence the way Americans perceive food. Food and nutrition have evolved as an industry itself. Pollan upholds the view that there is really no real meal for the average American because he or she largely relies on fast food for meals and does not care where it comes from. People eat Subway’s salads because the company’s market propaganda touts it as healthy. People eat McDonald’s meals because they vouch for their nutritional value. However, people do not have any guarantee that the ingredients of these meals come from ethical, healthy, or even natural sources? Having taken a deviation from traditional culinary culture, Americans do not value whether an “apple is organic or conventional” or a fish is “wild or farmed” (Pollan, p. 5). The omnivore’s dilemma continues because people ignore the need for healthy food and buy packages from the supermarket shelf, rather than choosing to use