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POPSEat food. Not too much. Mostly plants I heard an interview with author, Michael Pollan, on CBC radio in the car last night. Either I was very receptive, or what he was saying made absolute simple sense which seemed to cut through all the BS about nutrition, health, etc. that we are bombarded with 24/7.
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POPShttp://www.michaelpollan.com/index.htm
In this groundbreaking book, one of America’s most fascinating, original, and elegant writers turns his own omnivorous mind to the seemingly straightforward question of what we should have for dinner. To find out, Pollan follows each of the food chains that sustain us—industrial food, organic or alternative food, and food we forage ourselves—from the source to a final meal, and in the process develops a definitive account of the American way of eating. His absorbing narrative takes us from Iowa cornfields to food-science laboratories, from feedlots and fast-food restaurants to organic farms and hunting grounds, always emphasizing our dynamic coevolutionary relationship with the handful of plant and animal species we depend on. Each time Pollan sits down to a meal, he deploys his unique blend of personal and investigative journalism to trace the origins of everything consumed, revealing what we unwittingly ingest and explaining how our taste for particular foods and flavors reflects o
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