Corn in my hair?

Blog prompt:
Discuss what part of Pollan you found most persuasive in terms of changing your eating habits.

I love popcorn and eat it several times a week but didn't realize that wasn't the only time I was eating corn. Just about everything meal I'm eating corn, corn syrup, corn starch, mono, tri and di glycerides, dextrose, hydrogenated corn oil. The corn that is grown to make the products I just mentioned are made with a type of corn of that is not edible in the way we think of eating corn on the cob. After reading this section in Omnivore's Dilemma it prompted me to check what was in my pantry and see how many products contained corn. I had a party this weekend so unfortunately there is more junk food in the house than would normally be here. Cheez-its party mix contain corn syrup, baked lays contain corn oil, corn maltodextrin, sour gummi worms contain corn syrup. I have definitely become more aware making recent purchases and have been shopping at Trader Joes and shopping organic. Part of me thinks the whole shop organic and natural is a gimmick to try and get people to pay more for food, but after reading Michael Pollan's book and watching Kings of Corn I'm starting to see the benefits of actually paying attention to what I put into my body. Honestly I feel duped, like someone has pulled a quick one on me. But at the same time this doesn't mean that I won't buy the junk food once in a while or eat out even though I don't know if the ingredients are organic or not.

I think we really need to get back to the basics of food, learn how to cook fresh food (a skill we all have lost due to the convenience of frozen and microwavable foods).