In Defence of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Publisher: Penguin
Publication Date: May 7th, 2009
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About In Defence of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Modern food is often criticized for it's blandness and unoriginality, or worse, that it is painfully unhealthy. Doctors and diet book hawkers demand that people eat less or eat sparingly, or eat strange and unnatural diets. Michael Pollan, however, has no interest in such cliches of health and eating. He is a man who loves food, in all it's forms, and believes that it is not the food itself which is unhealthy, but the way and quantity in which we eat it.
"In Defence of Food: An Eaters Manifesto" is an astoundingly well researched investigation into the so-called "Western Diet" (i.e. what is most commonly found in American restaurants) and why exactly it is so unhealthy. While some of the answers are painfully obvious (everyone knows hamburgers are high in fat) the book is more than just a chiding argument that people should eat better. In Defense of Food explains why, exactly, the food is unhealthy on a biological and psychological level. Pollan also explains how modern Americans ended up with one of the most unhealthy diets in human history, despite being home to a myriad of cooking cultures and traditions which, while very different, have all proven to be healthy enough to support the traditions and cultures which developed them.
Michael Pollan also has no love for American-style fad diets and attempts to eat healthier. "In Defence of Food: An Eaters Manifesto" successfully makes the case that the American obsession with dieting and exercise has done little to tame the obesity epidemic. It has, in fact, exacerbated it by giving eaters a license to eat poorly, and by allowing companies to market sub-par food as healthy simply because it is low in calories (even if it is, in fact, exceedingly unhealthy). It also exposes how tasteless or inedible food has become "popular" due to it's purported health benefits, thus cheapening the experience of eating and leading many to question the value of dieting. After all, if it is so good for a person, then why is it so hard to eat?
"In Defence of Food: An Eaters Manifesto" also works to describe how the American diet can be "fixed," i.e. by simply reverting to the more sensible meals and portions of times and cultures past. Pollan advocates for a return to dishes heavy in vegetables, fruits and grains, where meat is used to enhance a meal instead of dominate it. He also advocates for sensibility and common sense when it comes to meals. Eating hamburgers every day is bad. Eating one a week with a side of steamed vegetables and with a tall glass of fresh juice is not.
Synopsis/Review
From AmazonInviting you to junk the science, ditch the diet and instead rediscover the joys of eating well, this title features a few pieces of advice (Eat at a table - a desk doesn't count. Don't buy food where you'd buy your petrol!) that allows you to enrich your life and your palate, and enlarge your sense of what it means to be healthy and happy.
