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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (The Penguin Press, 2008)

Michael Pollan · c. 2008

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  1. Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
  2. If you're concerned about your health, you should probably avoid products that make health claims.
  3. But I contend that most of what we're consuming today is no longer, strictly speaking, food at all
  4. Maybe it's time we confronted the American paradox: a notably unhealthy population preoccupied with nutrition and diet and the idea of eating healthily.

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