food rules an eater's manual by michael pollan

Our lives centers around the theory and practice of culinary mastery. Constant renewal to sustain balance in nature, cannot be sidestepped by man in his infinite self-absorbed thanatophobia, but by golly, do we TRY! Get reacquainted with oxidation in the greater scheme of things. More an article than a review, but thanks for reading it.ĭid you know about the neurons in your stomach? Have you gotten over your incommoded phobia with death: defying, defeating and fighting it, then get back to learning and observe the reason why your brain is actually in your stomach. No snacks, no seconds, no sweets, except on days that begin with S.

Limit your snacks to unprocessed snack food. Serve a proper portion and don’t go back for seconds.īreakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauperĪfter lunch, sleep awhile, after dinner, walk a mile. Spend as much time enjoying the meal as it took to prepare it. If you are not hungry enough to eat an apple, you are not hungry. Regard nontraditional foods with skepticism.Įat when you are hungry, not when you are board. The whiter the bread, the sooner you will be dead.Įat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.īe the kind of person who takes supplements-then skip the supplements.Įat more like the French. (Think Big Mac, Cheetos or Pringles.)Įat animals that have themselves eaten well.

It’s not food if it’s called the same thing in every language. It’s not food if it arrived through the window of your car I wouldn’t pay the $11.00 price for this book, but it was fun to get from the library and read.Īvoid foods you see advertised on televisionĮat only foods that have been cooked by humans

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Food rules an eater's manual by michael pollan