In Defense of Food

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What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, the well-considered answers he provides to the que

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Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

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Because in the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion--most of what we’re consuming today is longer the product of nature but of food science. The result is what Michael Pollan calls the American Paradox: The more we worry about nutrition, the less healthy we see to become. With In Defense of Food, Pollan proposes a new (and very old) answer to the question of what we should eat that comes down to seven simple but liberating words: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Pollan’s bracing and eloquent manifesto shows us how we can start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich our lives, enlarge our sense of what it means to be healthy, and bring pleasure back to eating.

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• In Defense of FoodPaperbackPenguin Books2009-01-01
• In Defense of FoodAudio CDPenguin Audio2008-01-01
• In Defense of FoodPenguin Press HC, The2008-01-01
• In defense of foodPenguin Press2008-01-01
• In Defense of FoodHardcoverPenguin Press HC, The2008-01-01
• In defence of foodAllen Lane2008-01-01