Response to "The Omnivores Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

The main argument in Michael Pollan's "The Omnivores Dilemma" about American health in relation to food is that as a mixture of different cultures Americans have no food culture of their own.  I agree with this somewhat, while Americans have invented burgers and hot-dogs we've just taken things that already existed and made them less healthy, some might argue better tasting.  Americans are confused when it comes to what to eat and how often, our food culture if any at all is to eat what we want when we want in front of the TV without any specified exercise, whereas other cultures might have certain customs when it comes to how food is eaten and even the exercise that comes before or after, other cultures essentially have eating "rules" or guidelines that tell them when and what to eat, we as Americans don't have that.