In defense of food : an eater's manifesto

The Resource In defense of food : an eater's manifesto
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In defense of food : an eater's manifesto
Title remainder
an eater's manifesto
Statement of responsibility
Michael Pollan
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Subject
Genre
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
Cataloging source
TEFOD
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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