In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto is Michael Pollan's fifth book, in which he proposes rejecting processed foods in favor of receiving nutrients in their naturally occurring forms. Pollan summarizes the message of In Defense of Food as, "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." The book is an expanded version of an essay Pollan wrote for The New York Times Magazine.

With In Defense of Food, Pollan suggests that the food industry and a well-meaning health-food movement has led us away from simply eating the foods that have the nutrients we need already in them. In Defense of Food suggests "eating only the foods our great-grandmothers would recognize" and avoiding processed food products. Pollan argues to re-prioritize food, food preparation, the act of eating itself from a necessary distraction to a dedicated part of our everyday life.

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto is Michael Pollan's fifth book, in which he proposes rejecting processed foods in favor of receiving nutrients in their naturally occurring forms. Pollan summarizes the message of In Defense of Food as, "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." The book is an expanded version of an essay Pollan wrote for The New York Times Magazine.

1. Author: Michael Pollan

2. Publisher: Penguin Group

3. Publication Date: January 1, 2008

4. ISBN: 978-1594201455 (Hardcover)

5. Pages: 256

6. Previous Book: The Omnivore's Dilemma

7. Pollan's fifth book

</small> With In Defense of Food, Pollan suggests that the food industry and a well-meaning health-food movement has led us away from simply eating the foods that have the nutrients we need already in them. In Defense of Food suggests "eating only the foods our great-grandmothers would recognize" and avoiding processed food products. Pollan argues to re-prioritize food, food preparation, the act of eating itself from a necessary distraction to a dedicated part of our everyday life. </note>

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