HW . 5

I think that dominant discourse is something that shapes who you are and when related to food I think it’s how food shapes who you are through the media. The media put out information proving that food is a killer or that food is medicine and when people listen to the information it then shapes how they eat and what they eat.

            Someone who was well informed on the media and what it had to do with food. Would be a very healthy person because the media is trying to change people food habits and make them healthier. So someone who was following the Medias views on food would probably eat a lot of organic fresh foods and makes their own because eating out can’t always be the healthiest, you don’t know how other people are cooking your food and how they are making it. Also their view on food would probably be different to someone else, food would probably have mixed views and have a hard time trying to do everything that the media says like eat 3 meals a day but eat a serving of vegetables; meat and bread, but then don’t eat too much. So eating would probably be difficult because their trying to keep up with what the media is saying.

            When food is looked at as a “killer” doctors and scientist try to then attack what they think the problem and find a way to then fix it. The food on TV is described as if it was a poison and a threat that you’re going to die and the only way to fix it is to eat what they think or claim to be good or the right food for you. In a way they are forcing people to eat what they want by threatening them that if they don’t their life are at stake.  By doing this the media is then controlling what you eat and your lifestyle because changing what you eat might not affect just your diet but the rest of your life and maybe not in a positive way. I think it’s a bad thing that people are paying too much attention to the media because usually when they advertise food, they show the food off using a beautiful model to lure people in or catchy slogans and then after you buy it they put out that the food is bad for you and can cause a disease.

            I noticed how doctors and scientists tell people what to do when it comes to food but they don’t know everything there is to know, because at first they’ll tell you not to eat this much or in a few years you’re going to die of high blood pressure but at the same time eat it but not to much. So in a way doctors don’t know what’s right either, but they are still able to shape the way people eat in society. But nowadays people are opening up more fresh food markets and people are even buying from them because the media advertises it as being good for you, like carrots they make your eyesight better according to doctors. So people who have bad eyesight or where glasses are going to start eating more carrots, I even started eating more carrots hoping that my eyesight would then improve. When food is looked as a medicine it really can be good for you and do good for you it’s just the problem getting those foods because it’s not something that’s common.