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Food Rules by Michael Pollan is a quick read, and a little outdated.
After writing several books on food and eating, Michael Pollan boils down his knowledge into simple Food Rules.
In this book, each rule is only about a page. They have been culled from the author’s other work, his personal history, family, friends, science and cultural traditions. All are stated in a simple and easy to read way. Cutting thru complicated jargon and making the science easy and approachable or the cultural truism simple to understand and universal, as well as that each entry are very brief, makes this book super quick to read. Some of the rules are what you might expect like “avoid food with high fructouse corn syrup” or “eat mostly plants…”. Some are a little more interesting like “avoid products that make health claims” or “eat your colors”. And some are about how you eat like “eat slowly” or “break the rules once in a while”. There were definitely a lot that I would say I had already known, but there were also a few that were new to me. I found some to be dated, having to do with old food trends, even tho this book is not really very old. But it was easy to apply each rule to current times or take it’s essence and see how it fits into life today. Although this was a very simple to read book, it didn’t really inspire me to read any more of his books. However, I would recommend this book to those who like to read books about food, diets, traditional eating, or cookbooks.
Do you agree with Pollan’s over all eating statement: Eat Food, Mostly Plants, Not Too Much? Have you read any of his books?