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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

by Michael Pollan (2008)

About this book

Pollan answers the deceptively simple question of what we should eat with seven memorable words: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." He exposes how Western nutritionism has made our diet toxic.

Setting / LocationAmerican Supermarkets & Agriculture
Story EraModern Food Industrialization
Protagonist / CoreThe Conscious Consumer

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