In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto
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- ISBN13: 9780143114963
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The companion volume to The New York Times bestseller The Omnivore’s Dilemma
Michael Pollan’s lastbook , The Omnivore’s Dilemma, launched a national conversation about the American way of eating; now In Defense of Food shows us how to change it, one meal at a time. Pollan proposes a new 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 building thoughtful food choices that will enrich our lives, enlarge our sense of what it means to be healthy, and bring pleasure back to eating.Amazon.com Review
Amazon Significant Seven, January 2008: Food is the one thing that Americans despise to like and, as it turns out, like to despise. What we want to eat has been ousted by the notion of what we should eat, and it’s at this nexus of hunger and hang-up that Michael Pollan poses his most salient question: where is the food in our food? What follows in In Defense of Food is a series of wonderfully clear and thoughtful answers that help us omnivores navigate the nutritional minefield that’s come to typify our food culture. Many processed foods vie for a spot in our grocery baskets, claiming to lower cholesterol, weight, glucose levels, you name it. Yet Pollan shows that these convenient “healthy” alternatives to whole foods are appallingly inconvenient: our health has a nation has only deteriorated since we ongoing exiling carbs, fats–even fruits–from our daily meals. His razor-sharp analysis of the American diet (as well as its architects and its detractors) offers an inspiring glimpse of what it would be like if we could (a la Humpty Dumpty) place our food back together again and reconsider what it means to eat well. In a season filled with rallying cries to lose weight and be healthy, Pollan’s call to action—”Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”–is a program I really want to follow. –Anne Bartholomew
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To get to the chase read the last 50 pages of the book. The research place into the book is evident and I am sure the book was to some extent hard to piece together. For persons looking for the life altering book simply read the last 50 pages. Side note….
The authors failure to admit prayer as an importance before meals was a huge turn off to me as a Christian. Prayer not only recognizes that God has provided the provisions to eat but also shows respect to the one who MADE the food. The leader did recognze the lack/ chaging of the times of families sitting down together for an evening meal but this part of the book could have easily added how Chrisitians, as well as additional faiths, intermission to voice their thanks for their meals.
When I reach for the next book on the same theme I will have to skip this leader’s additional books. Simply not entertaining enough for my tastes.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I permanently delight in books that make vegetables appetizing. It’s fantastic to be reminded to eat excellent food. Sorry to say, this book was sprinkled throughout with doses of evolution. I thought the aver that our ancestors spontaneously produced vitamin C in their bodies was a real stretch. I could do lacking the made-up stuff.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Nutritionists regularly change their minds, as new evidence comes in. Thus, per Pollan, we should stop paying attention to them. Doctors and nuclear scientists also sometimes change their minds – should we also disdain their thoughts?
It’s right that Americans’ health has deteriorated in some ways over recent decades – eg. the alarming growth of obesity. Pollan suggests this also damns nutritionists. Forget about eating TOO MUCH – eg. the larger parts and enticements for super-sizing, cut-rate physical exertion in our daily lives, and ignoring the universal advice of nutritionists (avoid animal fats, eat a balanced meal, etc.). Pollan also wants to associate (blame?) increasing heart disease on nutritionists – but what about the fact that it is decreasing?
“In Defense of Food” cannot be defended – too much hair-splitting and absurd logic. I cannot be convinced that nutritionists and the marketers that use them do not/can not improve food – eg. niacin added to bread, iodine in salt, etc. We simply don’t know enough to do so as well as in animals because the required scientific hard is regularly not possible or frowned upon.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
The book is incredible, but hello Amazon & Mr. Bezos…how is the digital version more expensive than the paperback??
Its incredible how monopolists act like monopolists.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
The book arrived in a timely manner and was in excellent shape but a total waste of time to read. It was entirely too wordy and didn’t say much. Words were like filler in food products. I don’t recommend it for anyone to read.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5