Friends of Rural New York

Defending real food in An Eater’s Manifesto
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. These seven simple words of dietary advice are at the heart of journalist Michael Pollan’s new book, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. Having covered the ecological repercussions of our food choices in his bestselling The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Pollan turns now to consequences for our personal health. He questions why decades of nutritional advice have left U.S. eaters fatter and less healthy than ever. His conclusion? In place of real food, Americans today are eating “edible food-like substances” that come largely from factories instead of farms. But we can, in Pollan’s words, “reclaim our health and happiness as eaters.” Read an excerpt from the book.
http://www.michaelpollan.com/indefense.php
Also, read Pollan’s recent article in the New York Times Magazine about what’s wrong with our food system.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/magazine/16wwln-lede-t.html
FROM: Union of Concerned Scientists