In Defense of Food
An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan
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Recommended by 8 sources and appears in Fitness, Nutrition, and Most Recommended Books.
#1 New York Times BestsellerFood. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend itBecause in the socalled Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusionmost of what we?re consuming today is no longer the product of nature but of food science. The result is what Mich...
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