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In defense of food : an eater's manifesto, Michael Pollan, (electronic resource)

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"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of food journalist Pollan's thesis. Humans used to know how to eat well, he argues, but the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists. As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape dense with bad advice and foods that are not "real." Indeed, plain old eating is being replaced by an obsession with nutrition that is, paradoxically, ruining our health, not to mention our meals. Pollan's advice is: "Don't eat anything that your great-great grandmother would not recognize as food." Looking at what science does and does not know about diet and health, he proposes a new way to think about what to eat, informed by ecology and tradition rather than by the nutrient-by-nutrient approach.--From publisher description
Language
eng
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Publication
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1 online resource (244 p.)
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Description based on print version record
Contents
  • pt. 1. The age of nutritionism.
  • From foods to nutrients
  • Nutritionism defined
  • Nutritionism comes to market
  • Food science's golden age
  • The melting of the lipid hypothesis
  • Eat right, get fatter
  • Beyond the pleasure principle
  • The proof in the low-fat pudding
  • Bad science
  • Nutritionism's children
  • pt. 2. The Western diet and the diseases of civilization.
  • The Aborigine in all of us
  • The elephant in the room
  • The industrialization of eating : what we do know : From whole foods to refined ; From complexity to simplicity ; From quality to quantity ; From leaves to seeds ; From food culture to food science
  • pt. 3. Getting over nutritionism.
  • Escape from the Western diet
  • Eat food : food defined
  • Mostly plants : what to eat
  • Not too much : how to eat
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9781429581264
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In defense of food : an eater's manifesto
Title
In defense of food
Title remainder
an eater's manifesto
Statement of responsibility
Michael Pollan
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Language
eng
Summary
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of food journalist Pollan's thesis. Humans used to know how to eat well, he argues, but the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists. As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape dense with bad advice and foods that are not "real." Indeed, plain old eating is being replaced by an obsession with nutrition that is, paradoxically, ruining our health, not to mention our meals. Pollan's advice is: "Don't eat anything that your great-great grandmother would not recognize as food." Looking at what science does and does not know about diet and health, he proposes a new way to think about what to eat, informed by ecology and tradition rather than by the nutrient-by-nutrient approach.--From publisher description
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TEFOD
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Pollan, Michael
Dewey number
613
Index
index present
LC call number
RA784
LC item number
.P643 2008eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
NLM call number
  • 2008 B-447
  • QU 145
NLM item number
P7714d 2008
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  • Nutrition
  • Food habits
  • Voedingsgewoonten
  • Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Ernährung
  • Ernährungserziehung
  • Ernährungsgewohnheit
  • Zivilisationskrankheit
  • Food habits
  • Nutrition
  • Verenigde Staten
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In defense of food : an eater's manifesto, Michael Pollan, (electronic resource)
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unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-228) and index
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multicolored
Contents
pt. 1. The age of nutritionism. -- From foods to nutrients -- Nutritionism defined -- Nutritionism comes to market -- Food science's golden age -- The melting of the lipid hypothesis -- Eat right, get fatter -- Beyond the pleasure principle -- The proof in the low-fat pudding -- Bad science -- Nutritionism's children -- pt. 2. The Western diet and the diseases of civilization. -- The Aborigine in all of us -- The elephant in the room -- The industrialization of eating : what we do know : From whole foods to refined ; From complexity to simplicity ; From quality to quantity ; From leaves to seeds ; From food culture to food science -- pt. 3. Getting over nutritionism. -- Escape from the Western diet -- Eat food : food defined -- Mostly plants : what to eat -- Not too much : how to eat
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ocn667576305
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (244 p.)
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online
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9781429581264
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(electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
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not applicable
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remote
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(OCoLC)667576305
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In defense of food : an eater's manifesto, Michael Pollan, (electronic resource)
Link
Publication
Note
Description based on print version record
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-228) and index
Color
multicolored
Contents
pt. 1. The age of nutritionism. -- From foods to nutrients -- Nutritionism defined -- Nutritionism comes to market -- Food science's golden age -- The melting of the lipid hypothesis -- Eat right, get fatter -- Beyond the pleasure principle -- The proof in the low-fat pudding -- Bad science -- Nutritionism's children -- pt. 2. The Western diet and the diseases of civilization. -- The Aborigine in all of us -- The elephant in the room -- The industrialization of eating : what we do know : From whole foods to refined ; From complexity to simplicity ; From quality to quantity ; From leaves to seeds ; From food culture to food science -- pt. 3. Getting over nutritionism. -- Escape from the Western diet -- Eat food : food defined -- Mostly plants : what to eat -- Not too much : how to eat
Control code
ocn667576305
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (244 p.)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781429581264
Isbn Type
(electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
Level of compression
unknown
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)667576305

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