In Defense of Food

Some weirdo lent me the book In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan a few weeks ago. I read it with moderate interest as I began the book, but more and more I realized Pollan was making sense. The first words and main premise of the book are "Eat Food. Mostly Plants. Not Too Much." Pretty simple, but sadly in today's world the word food needs clarification. Cheetos don't count (but whyyyy they taste so good!!!). Bananas do count. The produce section counts, the cereal section doesn't count with maybe an exception or two among the hundreds of brands of cereal. In Defense of Food explains how our food became invaded by imitators and why it's bad news bears for us. I was pleasantly surprised by the insightfulness of the book, but I was most surprised by how well it was written. I LOL'ed several times as I was reading it. He actually has a lot to work with because the situation is so ironic in so many ways, I mean we strip all of the nutrients out of wheat when me make flour and then add all sorts of nutrients back into it to try to make it healthy again, we have ice creams and potato chips that make health claims, while the produce sections at grocery stores remain largely unnoticed by shoppers. This book is a must read for anyone who agrees that eating food is a good thing.