Foods Throughout the World

I think that it is pretty interesting when you look at the different diets that there are throughout the world. It is amazing what people will find to eat whenever they are faced with not having enough food and have to look around their environment. Peoples diets differ so much throughout the world because of people's heritage and their surroundings. We here in the United States do not eat as much rice because it is not grown here that much. Instead alot of wheat and corn is grown which makes it the basis for our diets. However in Southeast Asia rice is the main food because that is what is easiest to grow there. Places that do not have very good land end up depending on foraging and hunting more and that makes up their diet.
I do think that people throughout the world will continue to have diets that are more similar to others throughout the world. As the world continues with globalization people will be able to get foods from others places, and if it is cheap enough they will eat more of this kind of food. Resturants such as McDonalds and Starbucks will help this process to continue and for the world's diet to become less and less diverse over time.