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In Defense Of Food 3 – Getting Over Nutritionism

By Scott | Published: April 1, 2010
The final section of Michael Pollan’s book, In Defense of Food, An Eater’s Manifesto, focuses on ways we can escape the Western diet. That’s not as easily done as said, and even a few decades ago it would not have been possible for most of us. As the book has explored, we also can’t achieve [...]
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In Defense Of Food 2 – The Western Diet and the Diseases of Civilization

By Scott | Published: March 31, 2010
The second section of Michael Pollan’s book, In Defense of Food, An Eater’s Manifesto, shifts from nutritionism to the factors involved in the development of what we tend to call the “Western Diet” and the impact of that diet on our overall health. In the section, Pollan explores some of the well-documented studies both of [...]
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In Defense Of Food 1 – The Age of Nutritionism

By Scott | Published: March 30, 2010
The first section of Michael Pollan’s book, In Defense of Food, An Eater’s Manifesto, explores the process by which we shifted from talking about foods to talking about nutrients. It’s an interesting history covering the last couple of hundred years. We have repeatedly thought we’ve unlocked the secrets of animal nutrition only to discover again [...]
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In Defense Of Food 0 – Introductory Thoughts

By Scott | Published: March 29, 2010
Last week I read Michael Pollan’s book, In Defense of Food, An Eater’s Manifesto. It’s quite well written and thoroughly sourced. He’s a journalist, not a scientist, but he is an academic as well and certainly able to document and defend his ideas. I plan to devote a post reviewing each of the three sections [...]
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