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 enlarge | Author: Michael Pollan
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  168 reviews
Sales Rank: 115
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 1594201455
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.2
EAN: 9781594201455
ASIN: 1594201455
Publication Date: January 1, 2008
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 Common sense eating/diet advice June 18, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The author makes a good case for the idea that America's collective food industry with pssive cooperation of the federal goverenment has changed people's perceptions of food and what is proper to eat.
His essential message is that most food in supermarkets is not really food. Supermarket products are really mass produced food like substances with some nutritional value but are not real food. These products are collections of synthetic chemicals and added vitamins and mineral, high fructose corn syrup and the dyes.
His recomendation is to eat real food. That is eat cheese that was made from milk and has no preservatives or other additives. Eat bread that is made from whole grains, yeast, and other ingredients that occur in nature. No preservatives or chemicals.
Foods like this are had to find in supermarkets.
I personally have found 2 kinds of bread that have only natural ingredients and no preservatives or chemicals. I have found one kind of yogurt without red dye 40, splenda or other chemical sweetener. Yogurt incredients should include milk, bacteria and prescious little else. Natural peanut butter, without hydrogenated saturated fat is fairly easy to find.
The authors advice is to eat real food, mostly fruits and vegatables and not too much.
This is simple common sense advice. There is no need to worry about calories, low carb, high protein, low fat philosophies.
Just eat real food, not manufactured crap.
Good info June 18, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book reminds me a lot of The Evolution Diet- encouraging us to get back to the way we were designed to eat. It's not an easy task in a culture that is so heavily saturated wtht junk food, but it's definitely worth it.
I know as a doctor that we're heading in the wrong direction as eaters and our genes arent correcting the situation in time.
Pollan's ultimate instruction after a lengthy read is: eat plants- mainly green leafy ones to avoid the wrong type of food.
 In Defense of Food is brilliant June 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book after seeing the author's lecture at Google (via YouTube). He was brilliant there and his book reflected that. There were a few sections that seemed to be a little long-winded as the author opined about the nutrition conspiracy. It was worth it to plow through those and get to the real gold nuggets -- practical advice on how to shop and eat. This book's logical, down-to-earth approach was the first truly actionable nutrition advice I've read in my adult years. Having implemented many of the book's lessons, my family is eating healthier and our food bill hasn't risen dramatically. I consider this book a "life changer". Can't recommend it highly enough.
wonderful suggestions June 13, 2008
All of Pollan's books are so easy to read, and so full of information! This newest book offers so many wonderful suggestions on how to eat like the human species was meant to, and not how corporate America wants us to. It is interesting to ponder how many of life's current ills would be solved if we just thought a little more about what we eat and how we eat it.
Well written and informative June 13, 2008
I really enjoyed this book and learned a lot from it. It has definitely increased my appreciation for those that work the land to bring food to my table and has inspired me to contemplate this more as I eat. It has also encouraged me in changing my diet to include more "food" and get rid of the processed junk.
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