In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

from msbaba

I thought I'd discovered gold two years ago when I chanced upon Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma on the new-book shelf at my local library. I'm a health nut, and what Pollan had to say between the covers of that book was exactly what I'd been looking for. The message blew me away. I starte...

from clamairy

What a wonderful book. I too am an avid food fan. What Pollan writes reinforces everything my mother taught me about food. 1) Stay out of all but the 'outside' isles of the supermarket. 2) Eat all-natural and/or whole foods whenever you can. 3) High fructose corn syrup is the devil. ;o) This book...

from brikis98

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 diet...

from crazybatcow

An easy to follow and straight forward, sensical book on food. It points out the fundamental fallacies (and the power of the big money making industries in North America) that have led us to the point of 65% obesity and sky-rocketing diabetes and heart disease rates. There are lots of references ...

from tututhefirst

An excellent explanation of how the field of 'nutritionism' and marketing forces in the US have changed the diet (and-- the author posits--the health) of the western world, specifically the US. He gives easy to understand explanations, somewhat supported by experts, although I'm not quite ready t...