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|  | Author: Michael Pollan
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Category: Book
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Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 112
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 4.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 014311638X
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.2
EAN: 9780143116387
ASIN: 014311638X
Publication Date: December 29, 2009
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 Simple and Easy to Remember! July 7, 2010
Sean Harvey (HILLSBORO, OR, US)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As the rate of obesity continues to rise at alarming rates in the US, it's critical that we start eating the food we were meant to eat! Michael Pollan has put a collection of simple and easy to remember rules to help us make the right decisions...Don't buy into what the food industry is selling! Eat foods that have not been engineered and altered and poison your body! Don't wait until it's too late to make a change!
 Excellent for people who don't like to read July 6, 2010
K. Pece (Atlanta, GA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you've never read Pollan and you don't have a lot of patience for reading, this is the book for you. If you enjoy interesting and erudite reading, go straight to In Defense of Food and The Omnivore's Dilemma. You can read Food Rules while standing in line at the bookstore to purchase the others.
Quality quick reading July 6, 2010
nate
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I ordered this originally as something to give to friends and family as a way to get them off of the overly processed foods that permeate our diets. I gave it a quick read myself and it is a very well thought out book and I have ordered the book it was based on to get the full picture for myself. I don't necessarily agree with all of the rules or guidelines, but all in all it's a well put together and obviously well researched book. I would highly recommend it as a "quick start guide" to eating better or persuading others you care about to eat better.
FOOD RULES by Michael Pollan had me hooked in the very beginning. July 4, 2010
Blaine Greenfield (Belle Meade, NJ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
FOOD RULES by Michael Pollan had me hooked in the very beginning
with this statement:
* I realized that the answer to the supposedly incredibly complicated question
of what we should eat wasn't so complicated after all, and in fact could be boiled
down to just seven words: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
Pollan then presents a series of 64 "rules" he shares in an all too brief 140 pages
that can probably be read in an hour . . . however, I believe that this book is
one that I'll be revisiting often--if just to be reminded of the wisdom of this advice:
* Avoid food products containing ingredients that no ordinary human would keep in the pantry.
Ethoxylated diglycerides? Cellulose? Wanthan gum? Calcium propionate? Ammonium
sulfate? If you wouldn't cook with them yourself, why let others use these ingredients
to cook for you? The food scientists' chemistry set is designed to extend shelf life, make
old food look fresher and more appetizing than it really is, and get you to eat more. Whether
or not any of these additives pose a proven hazard to your health, many of them haven't
been eaten by humans for very long, so they are best avoided.
And then there was this passage that I don't always follow, but should:
* Don't get your fuel from the same place your car does. American gas stations now make
more money inside selling food (and cigarettes) than they do outside selling gasoline. But
consider what kind of food this is: Except perhaps for the milk and water, it's all highly
processed imperishable snack foods and extravagantly sweetened soft drinks in hefty
twenty-ounce bottles. Gas stations have become "processed corn stations": ethanol
outside for your car and high fructose corn syrup inside for you. Don't eat here.
The book may appear to be simple . . . however, it packs a real punch and will
at least get you thinking some more about what foods will make for a healthier you.
Good healthy snack! (read) July 4, 2010
Kit Kat (California Bay Area)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A good quick read and reminder of healthy eating habits. It's common sense, but with big companies pushing garbage foods, it brings us back down to earth. Love the quotes and old sayings. Easy to read and a good pep talk!
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