‘Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.’ That’s what Michael Pollan starts his ‘eater’s manifesto’ with. According to Pollan, to eat properly means to avoid processed foods and eat whole foods instead. He takes us to civilizations such as the Aborigines in Australia and the Indians in Peru, showing that they do not eat foods with ‘low-fat’, ‘added vitamins’ or ‘extra omega-3’, yet they do not suffer from western diseases such as obesity and diabetes. The book does not only address several problems that emerged with the industrialization of food, it also makes clear what and how to eat.
On again, off again
by Hidde de Vries
