If you were stranded on a desert island for a year …
I thought it would be spinach. Most people (42%) thought it would be bananas.
The answer is: hot dogs or chocolate. They have protein, fat and carbs, necessary for survival. Of course, we keep in mind that we’re just talking about a year, and survival. I’m not going to start eating hot dogs again, or gorge on chocolate, but I’m going to take a closer look at balancing my diet.
Ostensibly, the point of the study by food psychologist Paul Rozin is to reveal our attitudes towards dietary fat, “good” food and “bad” food. Here’s a little more (and here), though I wish I could find a detailed article on the study. Hm. Anyway, it’s mentioned in Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food. Recommended. His seven-word manifesto is “eat food, not too much, mostly plants.”
(The spelling errors in the “essay answers” link are cute.)