![]() ![]() MICHAEL POLLAN: Food’s under attack from two quarters. ![]() I began by asking him why he feels he has to defend food. Michael Pollan recently joined me here in the firehouse studio for a wide-ranging conversation about nutrition, food science and the current American diet. His latest book is called In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. His previous book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, was named one of the ten best books of 2006 by the New York Times and Washington Post. Michael Pollan is a professor of science and environmental journalism at University of California, Berkeley. But then why are Americans becoming less healthy and more overweight?Īcclaimed author and journalist Michael Pollan argues that what most Americans are consuming today is not food, but edible food-like substances. In American culture, healthy food is a national preoccupation. AMY GOODMAN: “You are what to eat.” Or so the saying goes. ![]()
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