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(1) Summarize very briefly (in 1-2 complete sentences) the information in each of the nine claims Michael Pollan makes.

(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.

(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.

1) 1) Eat simple foods. When foods are too complicated for your grandmother to even know its food you shouldn't eat. 2) Just because food has a label saying it is healthy doesn't mean it is. 3) Highly processed foods have ingredients that are hard to pronounce or unrecognizable. Don't eat them. 4) Branch out of the supermarket to shop for groceries. Farmer markets will have fresher healthier foods that have not been processed. 5)If you can afford to buy healthier food you should. If the food you buy is healthier it should fill you up faster, meaning you will eat less. 6) Plants are very good to eat and should be a main component of your diet. 7) If you eat similarly to a different culture there are traditions and ideals that are a part of the diet which will limit you from eating certain unhealthy things or from snacking. 8) If you cook your own meals you are in control and know exactly what you are eating which will help your diet. 9) Eat a variety of foods. The more different types of things you eat means more chances to satisfy all the nutrients you need in your diet to stay healthy.

2) Overall Michael Pollan believes that because companies process the food so much that the only way to be healthy is to buy food without any labels. He Believes the best food to eat is food that is simple. Simple foods mostly consist of plants. He suggests eating mostly from the produce section. He thinks plants will fulfill the nutrients we need. He says if the food you want to eat is something your "grandmother" doesn't know is food then you shouldn't eat.

3) Michael Pollan writes for New York Times and works as a teacher at the University of California, Berkeley. He has written five books //In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto// (2008) //The Omnivore's Dilemna:// The Natural History of Four Meals (2006),//The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World//(2001), //A Place of My Own// (1997), and //Second Nature: A Gardener's Education// (1991). Pollan has been awarded with the Reuters World Conervation Union Global Award in environment journalism, the James Beard Foundation Awards for best magazine series, and the Genesis Award from the American Humane Association.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pollan