‘Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.’
So goes the famous seven-word mantra of food journalist Michael Pollan. I recently watched Pollan’s talk at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, in one of my classes, and thought it’d be worthwhile to post here. Anyone who has even the smallest interest in food policy, how we eat, how we should be eating, and much, much more, should watch this video.
For instance, I particularly liked Pollan’s suggestion to never eat anything your grandmother wouldn’t recognize. Broccoli? Sure. Cheetos? Um, no.
Another good one: Don’t buy anything with more than five ingredients or with ingredients whose name you can’t pronounce.
Now, while I don’t think Pollan makes the most convincing arguments for making healthy food cheaper and more available (he essentially says those of us who can buy fresh, usually more expensive food should do so in greater number to grow the market and drive down prices; I’d like to see more financial perks extended to farmers who produce fresh foods outside of the big crops like corn and soy), it’s a fascinating, and at times shocking, talk.
Anyway, here’s the video. Enjoy! And post any comments or anything else that struck you in Pollan’s talk…
