Eating Healthy Options

[Hartmann]

I just finished "In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollan. He basically rips apart the idea of "nutrionism" pointing out that things like omega-3 pills are nowhere close to as good for you as just eating fish. How beta-carotene pills that were touted to prevent cancer actually cause it.

His whole point is that if we eat food we should eat mostly plants and not too much. He cites the French, the Italians, the Japanese and how their diets are completely different from each other but they're still healthier than us.

[Spectatrix]

I think most nutritional fads are unintentionally hilarious, so I enjoyed it for that. I already tend to eat fresh fruit/veggies/meat over hyper-processed stuff, so this book didn't really change my eating habits. Have you read The Omnivore's Dilemma? It's his other major book, but I haven't grabbed it.