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Michael Pollan - In Defence of Food (broadcast Friday, January 4th, 2008) 'Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly Plants'

1. Pollan believes that we should eat simple foods rather than overlly processed food such as gogurt. He then believes that that we should not even eat any food that boasts nutritional value because it is most likely chemically added vitamins. Pollan advises that we should not eat food that contains ingrediants that are not familiar or pronounceable because they are most likely harmful and overprocessed. He advises people to avoid the supermarket as much as possible and to venture into the farmer's market because the food there is more fresh and has a higher quality. Pollan says that we should eat more plants because they are full of nutrients and lower in calorie. He believes that we should follow traditional food culture diets because they are more healthy than America's food culture. He also advises readers to cook and grow your own food because it keeps you away from fast food and it is cheap and easier. Pollan tells people to eat a more diverse diet becayse it will decrease the amount of the amount of chemicals ingested.

2. Pollan is trying to say that people should eat real food, such as unprocessed vegetables. He believes that people should eat a calorie restricted diet to maintain a healthy weight and a longer life expectancy. Pollan also believes that people should eat more plants because they are a real food, nutrient rich and low in calorie.

3. Michael Pollan was born on Febuary 6th, 1955 and is currently married to Judith Belzer. Pollan is the son of Stephen Pollan, an author and financial consultant. He is a professor of journalism at the University of California, contibuting writer for the New York Times Magazine and a former executive editor for Harper's Magazine. Pollan has also written five books, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (2007), The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2006), The Botan of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World (2001) and Second Nature: A Gardener's Education (1991). He has won many awards and publications of his essays like the Reuters World Conservation Union Global Awards, the James Bearfoundation Awards, and the Genesis Award.