
Don’t get your fuel from the same place your car does.ġ4. If you’re not hungry enough to eat an apple, then you’re not hungry.ġ1. Eat when you are hungry, not when you are bored. The whiter the bread, the sooner you’ll be dead.ġ0. Eat animals that have themselves eaten well.ħ. It’s not food if it arrived through the window of your car.Ħ. Eat only foods that will eventually rot.Ĥ. Avoid foods you see advertised on television.ģ. Avoid food products containing ingredients that a third-grader cannot pronounce.Ģ. May they keep you fit, healthy and energized in the new year!ġ. I’ve chosen what I found to be the 14 most all-encompassing and useful rules from the book. 64 simple (and entertaining) rules to keep you out of trouble at the dinner table and in your current pant size (or smaller).Įat Food.

Food Rules is a great follow on companion. His last book, In Defense of Food, is the best book I’ve come across regarding what to put into your body (and what not to). This new edition illustrated by celebrated artist Maira Kalmanand expanded with a new introduction and nineteen additional food rulesmarks an advance in the national dialogue that Food Rules inspired. Local Food Movement and health expert the next. Written with clarity, concision, and wit that has become bestselling author Michael Pollans trademark, this indispensable handbook lays out a set of. Michael Pollan’s Food Rules prompted a national discussion helping to change the way Americans approach eating. He’s an incredible writer, knows how to tell a joke, and as it turns out, has become one of the more informative experts on what to put in your body…possibly ever.

I’ve been dying for Food Rules to come out ever since seeing Michael Pollan speak on his campus at UC Berkeley late last year. Why I Read this Book: Michael Pollan’s last book was the best I’ve come across regarding what should be put in one’s body.
