In Defense of Food

by Pollan, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781594133329
• ISBN10: 1594133328
• Edition: Large
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-05-21
• Publisher: Large Print Pr

Summary

From the author of the bestselling "The Omnivore's Dilemma" comes this bracing and eloquent manifesto that shows readers how they might start making thoughtful food choices that can enrich their lives and enlarge their sense of what it means to be healthy. (Consumer Health)

Table of Contents

Introduction: An Eater's Manifesto	p. 9
The Age of Nutritionism	p. 29
From Foods to Nutrients	p. 31
Nutritionism Defined	p. 42
Nutritionism Comes to Market	p. 49
Food Science's Golden Age	p. 55
The Melting of the Lipid Hypothesis	p. 59
Eat Right, Get Fatter	p. 73
Beyond the Pleasure Principle	p. 77
The Proof in the Low-Fat Pudding	p. 84
Bad Science	p. 88
Nutritionism's Children	p. 112
The Western Diet and the Diseases of Civilization	p. 117
The Aborigine in All of Us	p. 119
The Elephant in the Room	p. 125
The Industrialization of Eating: What We Do Know	p. 142
From Whole Foods to Refined	p. 148
From Complexity to Simplicity	p. 159
From Quality to Quantity	p. 164
From Leaves to Seeds	p. 172
From Food Culture to Food Science	p. 184
Getting Over Nutritionism	p. 191
Escape from the Western Diet	p. 193
Eat Food: Food Defined	p. 204
Mostly Plants: What to Eat	p. 223
Not Too Much: How to Eat	p. 251
Acknowledgments	p. 279
Sources	p. 285
Resources	p. 325
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