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\nAfter breathing, eating is likely to be the most natural function we have. The average person can’t survive more than nine days without food*. Eating is a matter of survival. And yet, it seems we need an eater’s manual – or at least according to Michael Pollan’s new book Food Rules, we do.<\/p>\n

With the rise in obesity, the nutrient devoid supermarket ready meals and fast food menus, and the ease with which you can get junk food – I’m just surprised this manual hadn’t turned up sooner.<\/p>\n

Food Rules is simply that: a list of 64 rules we should all follow for a healthy and sustainable diet. The book is broken down into three main principles: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. Although he’s not a vegetarian, but Pollan says he eats a lot less meat now. His message is not so much about what we’re eating, but more important is how what we’re eating was grown(made from a plant not in a plant) and how we’re eating (eat at a desk, stop when you’re full).<\/p>\n

Michael Pollan is a best selling author, journalist, activist and lecturer. His other books include In defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto and The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals.<\/p>\n

A few sample words of wisdom from “Food Rules”:<\/p>\n

2. Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.
\n6. Avoid foods that contain more than five ingredients.
\n11. Avoid foods you see advertised on television.
\n13. Eat only foods that eventually will rot.
\n15. Get out of the supermarket whenever you can.
\n19 If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t.
\n20. It’s not food if it arrived through the window of your car.
\n21. It’s not food if it’s called by the same name in every language (Think Big Mac).
\n36. Don’t eat breakfast cereals that change the color of the milk.
\n39 Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook\/bake\/make it yourself.
\n47 Eat when you are hungry, not when you are bored.
\n58 Do all your eating at a table.<\/p>\n

Get your copy at Amazon.com<\/a>, or read more about Food Rules on treehugger.com<\/a>, huffingtonpost.com<\/a> or michaelpollan.com<\/a><\/p>\n

*According to Wikipedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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