Sometimes when an author spends enough time to adequately explain their book with an online post, they may very well be screwing the pooch. Such is the case with Michael Pollan in his blog post about his new book, In Defense of Food. When I read the following list in his blog post, I felt I had pretty much gotten the whole point... to wit:
1. Don't eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food.
2. Avoid food products with more than five ingredients; with ingredients you can't pronounce.
3. Don't eat anything that won't eventually rot.
4. Shop the perimeter of the supermarket, where the food is least processed.
5. Avoid food products that make health claims.
6. Eat meals and eat them only at tables. (And no, a desk is not a table.)
7. Eat only until you're 4/5 full. (An ancient Japanese injunction.)
8. Pay more, eat less.
9. Diversify your diet and eat wild foods when you can.
10. Eat slowly, with other people whenever possible, and always with pleasure.
Monday, February 18, 2008
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Pollan himself has joked that the book is perfectly summed-up by its own opening paragraph: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
Personally, I'll read the book for the specifics of his defense of his claims. There are all sorts of convincing-sounding nutritional theories out there, but the evidence backing them up varies wildly.
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