When I first starting reading this I immediatley thought of the Atkins Diet. My mom tried this diet before and then she realized she loved carbs to much to give it up. I also do not understand how people who eat so unhealthy (like France as the reading states) are slimmer than us. I mean America is the probably the "fattest" country. Is it because of the fast food industry? Even if it is, don't all countries have McDonalds? On page 4 of the reading, the writer talks about something that is more than true. We are drawn to foods that are sweet. We assume that we are going to like it because it is sweet. Foods that are bitter are going to turn us away because we feel as though they may "infect" us. I think this is why parents have to start their kids off at a young age eating healthy. If kids are predisposed to healthy food at a young age, maybe they will always eat healthy. The second part of the reading is about corn, buying and selling, and the "plague of cheap corn." It's ashame that the farmers are struggling. Since corn is so cheap they are the ones suffering. You would think that since agrilculture is so important, that the farmers would make out okay.