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mahogany_love

In Defense of Food

May 29, 2009 15:51

So yesterday I finished reading In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan. Awesome book. It isn't a diet book or recipe guide or anything like that. Pollan basically goes through history of food and shows that what we are currently eating (unless you buy from the co-op or farmer's market) really isn't food. I have to say it surprised me. I knew that ( Read more... )

in defense of food, michael pollan

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sai12 May 30 2009, 05:19:29 UTC

Weird title for a book that bashes food.

Just because food has changed from its original forms doesn't mean it is all bad for you.

Making yourself sick to eat "real" food isn't going to solve the problem.

You basically just have to do what you should do anyway, what anyone should do. Incorporate more fruits and vegetables into your diet. Drink more water. Exercise regularly.

Oh wait..YOU ALREADY DO THOSE THINGS. You're healthy now. Fighting to eat foods that are not man made will quickly lead you to malnourishment and drain your wallet.

And I'll say it again, just because it is man made doesn't automatically make it bad for you. With some things...I'm sure that is true. But not for everything.

Use your common sense and don't let this man who was writing a book purely for the paycheck dictate your life.

mahogany_love May 30 2009, 06:04:50 UTC

*nod* I understand that I shouldn't change my entire life to fit this book, but a lot of what he said concerned me. It's really hard to explain, but a lot of our food is made worse by the fact that we add so much crap to it now. There is also a chance that it may becausing cancer. Also this book is slightly different than most in that in the end, he basically explains that eating this way may not be feasible for everyone, but he at least wants people to be aware...and think before you grab that twinkie. His basic rules were: Eat food. Not too much.Mostly plants. A lot of the othe rules were hard and fast anyway.

sai12 May 30 2009, 15:02:36 UTC

Some of the reasons food is made the way it is today is because there needs to be sooooooooooooo much of it. It wouldn't be possible to have as much food as we have without fabricating parts of it.

I think a lot more people would starve and die if food was not man made.

astronauta May 30 2009, 18:48:24 UTC

This post reminds me of a documentary I saw over at Netflix called "The Beautiful Truth" where one of the core issues tackles generic foods and the awful, deadly effects. I still eat generic food, but not as much as I use to. There is alot of documented evidence out there regarding bigname companies lying to the public (no secret there), and how they put out alot of literature saying that generic food is good, generic food is necessary, etc. Kind of difficult to figure things out with so many "qualified" sources out there, but for years, man has eaten nothing but "real" goods and were more or less healthy in built (taller, leaner) and mind. Our bodies were made to live off our natural habitats ( ... )