In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Join best-selling author Michael Pollan (Food Rules, The Botany of Desire) on a fascinating journey to answer the question: What should I eat to be healthy? Cutting through confusion and busting myths and misconceptions, In Defense of Food shows how common sense and old-fashioned wisdom can help us rediscover the pleasures of eating and avoid…
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This was a movie assigned for sjsu anthropology of food, to bad its no longer available for students
I recently watched this film. I think it has some relevant insights regarding the role of industry in the health issues facing the west (though it occasionally falls back upon "Nature Woo" as a solution). Also, while it touches on some narrow case efforts, it never really provides an answer for how the poor can financially afford to eat a more healthy diet. It's good otherwise and provides a reasonable overview of some steps that we can take to improve our health in a modern industrial civilization.
This is probably one of the BEST shows about food I've seen in a LONG time! Very well done, and doesn't preach.