In Defense of Food with Michael Pollan

"Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These words to live by from the award-winning author Michael Pollan resonate at the heart of his newest work, "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto." He considers what science does and does not know about diet and health, proposing a new way of thinking about food that is informed by ecology and tradition. Pollan is Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley. Series: Voices [5/2008] [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 14209]

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[M3nac3r]

A must see and a must read. Whether you agree or not, it will change how you eat and how you shop. Michael: thank you for this perspective on food!

[xcracer2]

i agree completely. this is a great book that exposes so many hidden dangers of our "western diet." I have been strictly eating natural foods since reading the book.

[miguelmxdecarvalho]

Eat food. Not too much. Only plants.... go vegan! Michael Pollan is great, with the exception of the animal issue...

[9stale]

he doesn't say anything

[MichaelnChristine]

@rich0292 A gastroenterologist I know... 

[rich0292]

@MichaelnChristine Seriously? Hmmm, odd, cause I have heard this from several sources, did you hear it from someone who would know what they are talking about? Or someone in the media parroting bad information?

[MichaelnChristine]

@rich0292 Not what the medical industry claims but hey...what do they know.

[rich0292]

@MichaelnChristine

Trans fats can only be made industrially. Heat is only one of the three components of environment required to create trans fats.

1) It must be heated to a high temperature

2) It must be put under 'extreme' pressure

3) A catalyst in the form of powdered nickle must be added

It is a myth that you can create trans fats in your frying pan at home!

There is no scientific evidence for this persistent rumor!

[rich0292]

owwwwww! I wanted the question time too :(

[MichaelnChristine]

I generally agree with you but there is nothing wrong with good, real, food that has been fried, baked, sauteed etc... Trans fat from frying would require that it either be hydrogenated or heated above, I believe, 400 degrees F. You can fry at 350-375 in olive oil and have 0 trans fat. Pot? No one smokes High CBD, low THC weed. It's ditch weed. If you like Pot, smoke it... just drop the "for my eyes" routine.