What does Pollan mean when he writes that the meal he created himself and the McDon- ald’s meal are at “the far extreme

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What does Pollan mean when he writes that the meal he created
himself and the McDon- ald’s meal are at “the far extreme ends of
the spectrum of human eating” and that “the pleasures of one are
based on a nearly per- fect knowledge; the pleasures of the other
on an equally perfect ignorance”? (410) Why are both
“equally unsustainable”? (411)
Has reading this book had any effect on the way you think about
food, or what you choose to eat? If so, how? If not, why? (411)