Food Rules: An Eater's Manual Review
I bought and read this book, because of a serious effort to ween myself away from processed foods.
There are three segments of "Food Rules." Common sense questions with common sense answers: what eat, what foods, and how much? There are sixty-four actual, rules. It's organized very well for the reader to get the information one needs. Commons sense and helpful tips such as "not eating foods that have ingredients a third grader cannot pronounce," I realize how many chemicals and toxins are on my shelf. "Enriched" can be pronounced, but "enriched" means so many vitamins and minerals have been taken out of the food by processing that these food companies have actually put synthetic vitamins back in because they've taken so many out: factory made vitamins.
Also, HFCs are in so many processed food products. It takes time to throw out the many things that have High Fructose Corn Syrup. "Partially Hydrogenated Oil" is trans-fat. "Don't buy food where you buy gasoline" is a good one. Think of how many chemicals are in the stuff at this quick-stop marks where you fill up? Also, don't eat cereal that changes the color of your milk.
With "Food Rules" not only can someone be just healthier, but he/she can live longer and lose weight just by making these changes. I think the biggest benefit of the book is getting young children to be aware of this. At a young age, once children get the junk food-processed food taste buds, it's very difficult to change. Parents should think about what their kids are eating at home and at school.
This book is most helpful to those with little or no knowledge of nutrition. However, those who do know this info that have been accustomed (lazy) to eating the processed, packaged, chemicals, can get a reminder on how to live longer and be healthier.
How many people die in the US from eating what's in processed and packaged foods? How does the Food Lobby influence not only what we eat, but what we *don't* know about the foods we eat?
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Food Rules: An Eater's Manual Overview
A pocket compendium of food wisdom-from the author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan, our nation's most trusted resource for food-related issues, offers this indispensible guide for anyone concerned about health and food. Simple, sensible, and easy to use, Food Rules is a set of memorable rules for eating wisely, many drawn from a variety of ethnic or cultural traditions. Whether at the supermarket or an all-you-can-eat-buffet, this handy, pocket-size resource is the perfect guide for anyone who would like to become more mindful of the food we eat.
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Customer Reviews
Simple yet PERFECT - Mackenzie Wilson -
This book is a giveaway item I give to all my clients within the first month of us meeting. I'm a certified Health Coach and I love this book! It truly is a perfect, simple read.
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Common sense - Nathan and Jenni -
Food Rules by Michael Pollan is common sense. Rules that everyone should read and reapply to their eating habbits. It's great to have common sense rules put into one place. My favorite is taking your grandma to the grocery store. Great book!
Short, common sense, interesting background info - infatuationjunkie - San Jose, Ca
To be honest if you have any sort of simple background in nutrition, most of this Cliff Notes version of other Pollan books is not new to you. However, I don't think you are the target audience. This is a good book for a teenager who likes short bursts of information.
For the most part I did not learn any new "Rules" out of 64, but I did learn some evolutionary background. Which was interesting to me. One new to me fact is that fermented products (like kim chi) are good probiotics, which makes a lot of sense.
Otherwise - eat small portions, don't snack, if you do snack use fruits/veggies/nuts, don't eat cheap processed food, cook, make meat a flavor enhancer rather than centerpiece of the dish.
I got the book from the library. If I bought it, I would have been upset to spend money on it.
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