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In Defense of Food: Author, Journalist Michael Pollan on Nutrition, Food Science and the American Diet

Acclaimed author and journalist Michael Pollan argues that what most Americans are consuming today is not food but "edible food-like substances." His previous book, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, was named one of the ten best books of 2006 by the New York Times and the Washington Post. His latest book, just published, is called In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. [includes rush transcript]

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• michael
• pollan
• food
• genetically
• modified
• vegetarian
• organic

[xiphias9]

Excellent interview - thank you.

Regarding GMO's, given the US Government's pro-GMO stance, we cannot count on them to help us. It is up to US consumers to demand mandatory labeling for foods that contain genetically engineered organisms (currently 70% of processed food). Then we'll know what foods to avoid.

We all have the right to know what we are eating.

[billymisfits]

everyone should grow vegetable gardens

[2muchutube1]

"cereal material"..lmao!!

[PainefulMass]

Boy he hits it right on the head with those western diseases. Unfortunately, he is guessing what the exact cause is. It is probably grains in general, not the red meat. Whole grains probably are just as much of a culprit. Carbohydrates are the best candidate for the cause of the big four western diseases, not all those other things he listed.

[manvsbook]

<-- Just posted a book review of In Defense of Food on my channel.

[mswagg30]

hey to everyone who thinks the US is a democracy, you are most wrong. this country is a republic always has been so please stop trying to change it. thank you

[donluchitti]

does anyone think there is room for people who are anti information like Michael Pollan's to make an argument that all this is hype, propaganda and politics?

[MopDMTBARTL]

Keep the crap (toxins) out of you such as... fast food, processed foods, SUGAR, aspartame (artificial sweetners), fried foods (trans fats), flour, table salt, enriched anything, over the counter drugs (like tylenol), prescription drugs, alcohol, etc.

think NATURE - eat WHOLE foods. mostly plant based. Fruits, veggies, Nuts & seeds. Meat if eaten should be clean. Grass feed beef, wild fish (not farmed), etc. Marijuana-Cannabis-Pot (whatever) for MEDICINE.

Truthknowledge. com

[romanosalvatore]

@lady7nichole To them is is not CONVENIENT..Convenience is the Issue.

[romanosalvatore]

@billymisfits I agree 100%

[romanosalvatore]

@NuHerbAndIzm Everybody should grow their own food, farfetched but ideal.

[NuHerbAndIzm]

you are right, and I apologize for making distinctions.

EVERYONE can and should.

from the White House all the way down to my house