Book Review: In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan

My review

rating: 5 of 5 stars
I. Love. This. Book.



Michael Pollan has certainly provided lots of food for thought. This isn't the last book you should read on this subject.

Read it. Digest it. And go look for more.

You will be reminded of things you already know and forgot, and you will learn something new as well. A lot of what Pollan has to say is common sense, but we are so bombarded by marketing hype in our society that we tend to forget that a lot of the stuff we put in our bodies is loaded with stuff that doesn't belong in our bodies.

The biggest revelation that I had while reading this book was how arrogant it is of us humans to think that we can improve upon foods in their natural state. God's green earth provides for us the necessary nutrients. There's nothing wrong with finding out how they work, but there's everything wrong with dissecting them and putting them back together in unexpected combinations.

Read. The. Book. And then go plant a garden.


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