Michael Pollan: In Defense of Food

<p>Food. We all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it?</p><p>Michael Pollan's premise <a href="https://geni.us/Defenseoffood"><em>In Defense of Food</em></a> is a simple seven-word summary;<em> 'Eat food, not a lot, mostly plants.' </em>The rise of nutritionism and industrialization means the Western diet has changed for the worse. We're suffering from over-nutrition, so we need to stand up for "real food," and reclaim good health and natural ingredients.</p><p><a href="https://michaelpollan.com/about/">Michael Pollan</a> explores the age of nutritionism and asks how we went from eating food to consuming nutrients, and why this is a problem. Then it looks at why a typical Western diet has damaged our health and made us more overweight than ever before. And finally, it provides basic food rules on eating better, and with more enjoyment.</p>