In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
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Book Reviews of In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Book Review: Opened my eyes to the nature of foods
Summary: 5 Stars
I won't claim that this book changed the way I eat, but it has reinforced a lot of things I've been trying to do. Eating foods that are organic, grown naturally and as close to the farm as possible. By this, I mean, in it's natural state, as opposed to processed and made with artificial ingredients.
What I really learned and didn't know before was how much farming, specifically corn, has changed over the last 50 years. It makes so much sense. In our rush to add nutrients to food, we are also deleting nutrients we don't know about. Somewhere along the way, the body suffers a deficit of nutrients and an over-abundance of others. And our body keeps eating, as a result, looking for those missing foods.
This is a well-written book, something that makes you go "hmmm". Even if you can't adopt everything he asks, it makes you think and hopefully helps you a little bit along the way towards living a healthier lifestyle.
Book Review: you have to read labels!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have really learned to read labels - it is shocking and makes grocery shopping difficult at first... but you will feel so much better!
Just look at the label on a can of Baby formula Isomil:
43.0% Corn Syrup Solids,
14.5% Soy Protein Isolate,
11.5% High Oleic Safflower Oil,
10.2% Sugar (Sucrose),
8.1% Soy Oil,
8.0% Coconut Oil,
2.1% Calcium Phosphate,
and a giant list of chemicals...
Over 50% of this is sugar and even worse it is corn (fructose)! For a BABY?? I guess the motto is "get 'em addicted and get 'em addicted early!" I love the way these people say this is the "closest thing to breast milk"... read me that list again? Especially the chemicals?? Woof! Always something new to learn! ( [...] ) or look it up yourself... and I will NEVER touch M&Ms again... woof! Just read that label!
Excellent, excellent book!
Book Review: priceless advice
Summary: 5 Stars
Eat food, not too much, mostly plants. That is the great advice that Pollan explores and eventually concludes with. He investigates and traces the history of the Western diet, the fallacies of industrialized, processed, and capitalistic foods and nutritional science. The book examines the history of the Western diet and the problems and limits of nutritional science. While some of his logic is a bit weak, his basic premise is utterly sound and packed with common sense and good news (we can and should eat real and delicious foods). Eating real, whole foods from environmentally sound practices is not only morally sound and good for our planet, but also good for us. Perhaps more importantly, our diet, our eating, should be a bigger part of our lives. We should enjoy food: growing it, cooking it, and eating it. We will, in every way, benefit from this. Great read, inspiring, encouraging, and helpful. Grade: A-Book Review: This book changed my life!
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't say enough good things about this book. First, Michael Pollan is a TERRIFIC writer. Secondly, he handles the subject matter extremely well. What could be another boring diet book is incredibly insightful and well researched and put together. My suspicions about how food has changed have been confirmed, especially by date. Now I know I was correct in sensing that food doesn't taste the same as it did in the early 80's and now I know why.
Everyone who cares about their health, their family and the planet would do well to read this book and follow the guidelines. Best of all he proves how important it is to eat with pleasure!
He is also featured in the movie "Food Inc." and I highly recommend that as well, in addition to his new book, "Food Rules," which is a pocket guide of his suggestions at the end of this book.
Book Review: Best Michael Pollan book
Summary: 5 Stars
I have enjoyed all of Michael Pollan's book, though this one was the best one that I've read. The one point I get out of it is that we are a long way from fully understanding our nutrition needs, making the "western" diet horribly incomplete. The western diet attempts to break everything down in to simple nutrients that are required, along with tastes and textures that make food 'pleasant'. The mix is then given to us by marketeers, often resulting in poor health. The health problems caused by the diet are then 'resolved' by the new wonder drugs and medical treatments (some of which don't yet exist.) A simple diet can actually make things much less complicated.
The book is a quick read, and basically comes down to the conclusion that we should eat "food" rather than chemical processed goop. Simple enough.