Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, (Paperback)

from seph

I've read a lot of books on nutrition and diet, and this is, hands down, the most useful and helpful. It was a quick read too. I picked it up last night when I was having trouble getting to sleep, and finished it an hour later. There's nothing new in here, but that's the point. Here is a collecti...

from Earlybird3391

It's a very simple and easy read but I found it full of smart, common sense advice. I was confused as many are about what we should eat. Seems like everyone has an opinion. So why are we such an unhealthy nation? Michael Pollan understands our confusion and lays out some very simple direct rules ...

from jsonin

Food Rules is to eating what Elements of Style is to writing. Food - from the growing to consumption to the entire system surrounding it - is a top 5 global issue. We're eating ourselves to death. This is Michael Pollan's excellent manifesto... that fits in your pocket and reads in 20 min.

from jewels1864

If you've read In Defense of Food, you won't learn anything new from this little book. It outlines some of the main points from his longer book to be more accessible to people. Same ideas without all the scientific, political, and sociological details.

from debnance

We don't eat well here in America. Is that a surprise to you? I think not. And our terrible food choices contribute to our overall terrible health. Pollan is out to change that with a few (well, 83) simple rules. The rules are simple. "Don't eat anything your great grandmother wouldn't recognize ...