I finished reading “In Defense of Food” yesterday and was a bit torn. On the one hand, I think this is a great book, chock full of important and illuminating information. On the other, I felt like a large part of why I wanted to read the book (diet suggestions, meal discussion, etc.) was somewhat ...
This was my first Michael Pollan book and I enjoyed it. I especially liked the discussion on nutritionism vs whole foods. Most of the information in this book I had heard before (since I've been on a nutrition book binge lately) but it's all good stuff to be reminded of.
In Defense of Food is a great book. In a lot of ways it is a shame that it needed to be written. I think Michael Pollan does a great job reminding us that there is no singular component for nutrition and it all works together as long as we eat whole food. Whole food really is the problem in America ...
Fantastic book. It's very refreshing to look at diet from a non "nutritionism" point of view. He makes some startlingly simple, but undeniably true arguments, the main one being that (I'm paraphrasing):"Humans have been found to thrive and stay healthy on an incredible variety of diets, from diets t...
where [book: fast food nation] was brilliant book, but a "downer" this one's an "upper," so to speak ... or a healthy antidote to [author: eric schlosser] lightningrod. that both are also so well-written make them all the more indispensable food for thought. [pun intended, sorry]
This one wasn't as much fun or interesting as the Omnivore's Dilemma or Botany of desire. I liked his structure better for those titles. There is some rehashing of information from Omnivore and a lot of the other information I had picked up in other places. (Except that bit about the dentist doin...
Books like this mostly just help me stay motivated to stick with my healthy habits, avoid processed foods, and not get sucked in by the latest research touting some new superfood or nutrient. Nothing new here for me, but it helps to keep reminding myself.The history of nutrition research in this boo...
Pollan's done it again. This book takes up where he left off with The Omnivore's Dilemma. Pollan here discourses learnedly on nutrition and how the Western diet has tried (and ostensibly failed) to separate food from nutrition. The food industry is so seductive, so stealthy that many of us never not...
The first two sections give the whys and the background. The last section is the how. I'll repeat his rules here.1) Don't eat anything your great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food. 2) Avoid food products containing ingredients that are a) unfamiliar, b) unpronounceable, c) more than 5 in number...
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