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(1) Summarize very briefly (in 1-2 complete sentences) the information in each of the nine claims Michael Pollan makes. 1. Eat the most basic foods which your great great grandparents would recognize as normal. When they were living foods were no where near as processed as they are today. 2. Even the foods that claim to be health foods, such as cereal processed, can be much less healthy and much more processed than the simple vegetables grown from the ground. 3. Foods that have ingredients that are unfamiliar, unpronounceable, or have more than five in number are most likely very processed and not food at its most basic sense. 4. Stay out of super markets as much as possible. The farmers market can be a great place for vegetables and foods your great great grandmother would have recognized. 5. Better food will cost more than processed food because it has been raised with care. While it costs more, it is well worth the extra money because it is much better for your health. The better quality the food you eat, the most likely you will eat less of it because it will fill you up faster. 6. Plants are much better to eat than meats, and meats should be treated more of a flavoring than an actual food or meal. 7. Allow your culture to guide you instead of science. The culture and the food involved in each culture has lasted for many years for reasons that allow it to last that long. 8. Grow your own food. It is much more healthy for you than the super marker processed foods, and also is good for your health to do the work to maintain a garden. 9. What is good for the soil is probably good for you as well. Allow your diet to be diverse and try new things.

(2) Michael Pollan can summarize his eating advice in seven words "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly Plants." If you had to explain to Mr. Brady what that meant, what would you say? 3-5 sentences. Michael Pollan argues that you should eat the perfect amount of food to where you are not full, but nearly full. We should eat plants because they are not processed and while they may cost more, they are much more healthy. The cost is well worth the health you are gaining when you buy foods at their most organic state. While meat is not terrible for you, too much of it can be. We should balance a little bit of meat in to our diets of mostly plants and foods you can grow right outside your house.

(3) Who is Michael Pollan? Write a brief biography of the author. (5-10 sentences). Write your sources (copy and paste the website(s) beneath your biography. Michael Pollan is a an author of many books, all centered around food and the most healthy diet possible. He has also contributed to the New York Times Magazine and is currently the knight professor of science and Environmental Journalism at UC Berkeley. He combines the environment and science's way of affecting the environment. Through these studies he teaches how foods and nutrition affect the body and how the best health can be achieved. He portrays this information to people through books, magazine articles and speeches.