In defence of food
Subtitle: the myth of nutrition and the pleasures of eating
By: Michael Pollan
Publisher: Allen Lane
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781846140969; 9781846141034
Subjects: Nutrition; Food habits; Food; Analysis; Diet Fads; Nahrungsaufnahme; Speise; Ernährung
Work titles: In defense of food
Description: Michael Pollan's bracing and eloquent manifesto shows us how we might start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich our lives and our palates and enlarge our sense of what it means to be healthy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-228) and index.
Table of contents: title: The age of nutritionism. From foods to nutrients ; Nutritionism defined ; Nutritionism comes to market ; Food science's golden age ; The melting of the lipid hypothesis ; Eat right, get fatter ; Beyond the pleasure principle ; The proof in the low-fat pudding ; Bad science ; Nutritionism's children; title: The Western diet and the diseases of civilization. The Aborigine in all of us ; The elephant in the room ; The industrialization of eating : what we do know. From whole foods to refined; title: From complexity to simplicity; title: From quality to quantity; title: From leaves to seeds; title: From food culture to food science; title: Getting over nutritionism. Escape from the Western diet ; Eat food : food defined ; Mostly plants : what to eat ; Not too much : how to eat.