Dec 13 2008
FOOD NEWS: Michael Pollan: In Defense Of Food
Michael Pollan’s new book, In Defense of Food, provides the backdrop for his talk at the Bagdad Theater in Portland, Oregon, and this prior interview with Deborah Kane of the environmental nonprofit organization, Ecotrust. Remarkably, Mr. Pollan is talking about a defense of food in a literal sense: it’s increasingly difficult to escape from eating foods that are food-like substances (processed foods), but are not whole (real) foods. We have come to look upon “nutritionism” as a valid means of determining (healthy) value in our diet; food has been reduced to its composition of good and bad nutrients, but are we really eating healthier? In part one, we see how simple changes in food labeling requirements can influence consumer behavior, and how food manufacturer’s apply overwhelming pressure to effect laws that ultimately protect their own interests.
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Duration : 0:9:56
Omnivore’s Dilemma, …
Omnivore’s Dilemma, is one of the most important books of our time.
Eat food mostly plants, not too much…is the way:)
i plan to grow my …
i plan to grow my own vegtables someday , hopefully sooner than later, if i had my own way i’d have my own goat or cow and milk it but lol not going to make a farm in my back garden anytime soon (sigh).
google weston price …
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If you can, when …
If you can, when you’re able to start planting, consider some chickens. Fresh eggs and lots of great manure for composting. Just a thought!
Earth Balance. It’s …
Earth Balance. It’s like butter, only not bad for you.
organic parkay
organic parkay
Agreed. It’s sad …
Agreed. It’s sad how low we sank that now we have to debate and try to make people eat normal food again… Even food hasn’t been spared from this world in which we are the tool of the politicians and corporations who rule by controlling our minds. Sick modern .
I remember my …
I remember my mother saying when we were children, “only eat things that rot and eat them before they do” Words to live by. Thanks mom.
Butter is my number …
Butter is my number one food, period.
Oh this one is …
Oh this one is fantastic too!! Thanks so much for this series!
I love butter! …
I love butter! defend butter!
eat real food!
I grew up with …
I grew up with margerine, but as soon as I was on my own, it was real butter!
Thanks, nicanicabad …
Thanks, nicanicabad! 2 more parts to be posted! If you have a chance to hear him, go! There is more to his talk than I am posting here on YT and I found it all very interesting. He has learned so much in his research and explains it so well.
lol excellent rule
lol excellent rule
I LOVE your channel …
I LOVE your channel!
I’m in the ‘zone’ at the moment. I’m 48, and in trianing and losing.
Eat real food and …
Eat real food and say no to edible FOOD LIKE substances…
BULL BULL AND MORE …
BULL BULL AND MORE BULL Im moving to Mexico if is not too late! or Europe parle frances?
i’ve had to read/ …
i’ve had to read/write about pollan – it’s repetitive and pointless
lol, yay meat!
lol, yay meat!
Last year I had …
Last year I had many vegetables freshly picked from a friends garden. They were so good. This year, bit by bit, I am beginning to grow my own.
And I agree with you, evilhenny2000, sad that it is much less expensive (in this country, at least) to eat processed foods than fresh fruit and veggies.
I grew up in …
sad
I grew up in tunisia a third world country and poor poeple were not obese like here , because it was the inverse if you were poor in my country you ate dishes made out of vegetables lots of it and small pieces of meat. and they taste so good. When i try to make them here it costs so much more then just eating processed
kinda agree with …
kinda agree with the latter. gotta have a fat, juicy steak every now and then. however, eating raw vegatables is way good for your digestive track and you DO absorb all kinds of nutrients.
Always a good one …
Always a good one to go by, cw505.
raw food, vegetable …
raw food, vegetable or animal, is very difficult to digest and you get almost no nutrients from it (very bad for children and teenagers… an other fact is all vegetarians are lame
i told my “u.s. …
i told my “u.s. politics” instructor what i was doin my final paper on(why americans eat garbage and wonder why they are fat) and he just wrote down “in defense of food” and told me to write a report on it. i have always explained briefly to people: “if you can’t pronounce it then DON’T EAT IT!!”