In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
New York: Penguin Books, 2008. Later printing. Paperback. 244pp. 20 cm. White wrappers with orange backstrip. Includes bibliographical references and an index. New. NEW. Item #16987
ISBN: 9780143114963
Because in the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion-- most of what we're consuming today is no longer the product of nature but of food science.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 seem 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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