Review of "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto" on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Fascinating book. I took lots of notes and highlights while reading it, hopefully I can pull them together soon, but the core of the book is "Eat Food, not too much, mostly plants".
(Saying food he makes the point of leaving out food-like or edible manufactured products, like Oreos, Fritos, Twinkies, Gatorade ...)
He investigates the impact of the Western diet as terribly wrong in many aspects. The impact of that diet into our health is a reality in the USA: more obesity (yet people are undernourished), more cardiovascular problems, diabetes, caries, digestive problems, cancer, allergies ... and how many of these are reversible in a rather short time span.
He goes on talking about the dangers of nutritional reductionism and nutrisionism (as an obsession), which inform policies, and the processed food market, into adding or removing elements without assessing interactions or the impact of those new combinations in our …
Fascinating book. I took lots of notes and highlights while reading it, hopefully I can pull them together soon, but the core of the book is "Eat Food, not too much, mostly plants".
(Saying food he makes the point of leaving out food-like or edible manufactured products, like Oreos, Fritos, Twinkies, Gatorade ...)
He investigates the impact of the Western diet as terribly wrong in many aspects. The impact of that diet into our health is a reality in the USA: more obesity (yet people are undernourished), more cardiovascular problems, diabetes, caries, digestive problems, cancer, allergies ... and how many of these are reversible in a rather short time span.
He goes on talking about the dangers of nutritional reductionism and nutrisionism (as an obsession), which inform policies, and the processed food market, into adding or removing elements without assessing interactions or the impact of those new combinations in our bodies.
I like his connection to culture and the pleasure of eating, and cooking. How little we spent in time, importance or priority to eat well, and think about food, about where it comes from, how it tastes, ...
At times perhaps too depressing or idealistic, but nonetheless very worth the read.
In spanish the name is "El detective en el supermercado"