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What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times.
In Defense Of Food
Introduction: An Eater's Manifesto
I. The Age Of Nutritionism
One: From Foods to Nutrients
Two: Nutritionism Defined
Three: Nutritionism Comes to Market
Four: Food Science's Golden Age
Five: The Melting of the Lipid Hypothesis
Six: Eat Right, Get Fatter
Seven: Beyond the Pleasure Principle
Eight: The Proof in the Low-Fat Pudding
Nine: Bad Science
Ten: Nutritionism's Children
II. The Western Diet And The Diseases of Civilization
One: The Aborigine in All of Us
Two: The Elephant in the Room
Three: The Industrialization of Eating: What We Do Know
1. From Whole Foods to Refined
2. From Complexity to Simplicity
3. From Quality to Quantity
4. From Leaves to Seeds
5. From Food Culture to Food Science
III. Getting Over Nutritionism
One: Escape from the Western Diet
Two: Eat Food: Food Defined
Three: Mostly Plants: What to Eat
Four: Not Too Much: How to Eat
Acknowledgments
Sources
Resources
Index
“ Michael Pollan [is the] designated repository for the nation’s food conscience.”
—Frank Bruni, The New York Times
“ A remarkable volume . . . engrossing . . . [Pollan] offers those prescriptions Americans so desperately crave.”
—Jane Black, The Washington Post
“ In Defense of Food is written with Pollan’s customary bite, ringing clarity and brilliance at connecting the dots.”
—The Seattle Times
