MSN has a Q&A with Michael Pollan on his In Defense of Food and its mantra: eat food, not to much, mostly plants.
"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed" – Blaise Pascal
2 responses to “The Pollan diet”
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I think that these should be the basic principles of any diet! To eat more often but less and vegetables!
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For all of Pollan’s appeal, he never really addresses the pressing moral issue of whether it is justifiable to kill animals for food when there are equally nutritious, cost-efficient, readily available plant-based alternatives. In this review of Pollan’s *Omnivore’s Dilemma* from the Atlantic Monthly awhile back, B.R. Myers hits the nail right on the head, in my opinion:
A Thinking Reed 
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