Michael Pollar is a professor of science and environmental journalism, who also is the author of several books such as, "The Botany of Desire" and "The Omnivore's Dilemma", which is what he discusses in this video.
First, he states that he wrote this book because he was concerned about our welfare and health, and he says that the dilemma is what we should eat. Then he argues about the four primests that define nutritionism as follows: 1. The important thing about any food is nutrians. On other words, food is the delivery system of nutrition. For example, when we eat egg, we have cholesterol and protein. 2. If we cannot see or taste a nutrion, we should ask an expert. 3. Nutritionism divides the world to good and evil. Meaning, we should have enough of good nutrion and avoid the bad ones. 4. The whole point of eating is health. However, people do that for more reasons. For instance, they eat for pleasure, community, family, or to express their identity and all of these reasons are equal to our obsession with health.
In addition, Pollar claims that listening to experts, scientists, and nutritionist can guide us know the right food we should eat. On the other hand, culture in eating food will do as well. That is what our mothers used to tell us what to eat, and what people are used to eat or not to eat this with that or that with this. That is when he states what he got from the "Culture Wisdom" in seven words: "Eat food not too much mostly plants."
After that He argues the rules that he discovered from the culture wisdom that can help us distinguish the health food as follow: • Eat what our great grandmothers considered food. • Shop the perimeter of the grocery store and stay out of the middle because the real food is there when the heavily processed food is in the middle. • Do not eat anything that would last forever. • Do not eat food has corn syrup because it is highly processed. • Stay away from the super market and shop at the farmer market. • Eat less; stop eating when you are not completely stuffed. • Do not eat fast or alone. • Do not buy food from the gas station. • We should start cooking again. It is neither hard nor take as long as we think.
And finally, Pollar says that we should enjoy doing these things because pleasure is really essential part of this and health will follow; it will be given.
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First, he states that he wrote this book because he was concerned about our welfare and health, and he says that the dilemma is what we should eat.
Then he argues about the four primests that define nutritionism as follows:
1. The important thing about any food is nutrians. On other words, food is the delivery system of nutrition. For example, when we eat egg, we have cholesterol and protein.
2. If we cannot see or taste a nutrion, we should ask an expert.
3. Nutritionism divides the world to good and evil. Meaning, we should have enough of good nutrion and avoid the bad ones.
4. The whole point of eating is health. However, people do that for more reasons. For instance, they eat for pleasure, community, family, or to express their identity and all of these reasons are equal to our obsession with health.
In addition, Pollar claims that listening to experts, scientists, and nutritionist can guide us know the right food we should eat. On the other hand, culture in eating food will do as well. That is what our mothers used to tell us what to eat, and what people are used to eat or not to eat this with that or that with this. That is when he states what he got from the "Culture Wisdom" in seven words: "Eat food not too much mostly plants."
After that He argues the rules that he discovered from the culture wisdom that can help us distinguish the health food as follow:
• Eat what our great grandmothers considered food.
• Shop the perimeter of the grocery store and stay out of the middle because the real food is there when the heavily processed food is in the middle.
• Do not eat anything that would last forever.
• Do not eat food has corn syrup because it is highly processed.
• Stay away from the super market and shop at the farmer market.
• Eat less; stop eating when you are not completely stuffed.
• Do not eat fast or alone.
• Do not buy food from the gas station.
• We should start cooking again. It is neither hard nor take as long as we think.
And finally, Pollar says that we should enjoy doing these things because pleasure is really essential part of this and health will follow; it will be given.
Thanks for the link this guy is great and he his speech is persuasive; I really liked him.
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