Why are Americans so afraid of food? We are so afraid of the safeness of the food that we are eating, that its preventing us from allowing ourselves to see it as it truly is. Our perceptions of what food is safe and what isnt have been completely warped by strict health codes and air-tight packaging. This week on Lets Get Real, Erica Wides examines the tendency that Americans have to let their fear of food prevent them from eating some of the most delicious things nature has to offer. I think it all boils down to fear. The pathological fear of food that we Americans have. [9:00] The smell is bad, but its the smell of meat. Its the smell of dead animals. But if youre going to eat them, shouldnt you know what they actually smell like?........ We need to get over the fear. [19:00] --Erica Wides on Lets Get Real