In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781594133329
Edition: Lrg
Format: Large Print
ISBN: 1594133328
Item Dimensions:7083085540
Label: Large Print Pr
Languages:EnglishUnknownEnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishPublished
Manufacturer: Large Print Pr
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 329
Publication Date: May 21, 2009
Publisher: Large Print Pr
Studio: Large Print Pr

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times.

Amazon.com Review:
Amazon Significant Seven, January 2008: Food is the one thing that Americans hate to love and, as it turns out, love to hate. 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 started 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) put 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 actually want to follow. --Anne Bartholomew

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