In Defense of Food: An Eaters Manifesto

Jan 10, 2008

Free Library of Philadelphia

Michael Pollan talked about his book In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, published by Penguin Press. Mr. Pollan argued that the American diet of generations ago that relied on whole foods has been erroneously displaced by one that is highly processed and marketed with the promise of dubious nutrition. He advised that for healthy .. Read More
Michael Pollan talked about his book In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, published by Penguin Press. Mr. Pollan argued that the American diet of generations ago that relied on whole foods has been erroneously displaced by one that is highly processed and marketed with the promise of dubious nutrition. He advised that for healthy eating: "eat food, not too much, mostly plants." He responded to questions from members of the audience.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:24 Unidentified Speaker A LONG TIME CONTRIBUTOR TO THE "NEW YORK TIMES" MAGAZINE AND THE AUTHOR OF FOUR PREVIOUS BOOKS, INCLUDING...
00:38:50 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE 15 OR 20 MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND UNTIL WE GET THE MICROPHONE TO YOU....
00:39:09 Unidentified Speaker YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DESCRIBE.
00:39:13 Unidentified Speaker I'M NOT GOING TO DESCRIBE?
00:39:15 Unidentified Speaker KNEUR TRAVELING AND STUDY, HEAVY COME ACROSS A GROUP OR PERSON WHO THINK THEY GOT IT RIGHT AS FRS...
00:39:25 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS IS THAT ALTHOUGH TRADITIONAL DIETS SEEM TO BE REALLY GOOD, AND PEOPLE...
00:43:00 Unidentified Speaker ANOTHER QUESTION?
00:43:01 Unidentified Speaker I WAS LISTENING TO YOUR COMMENTS THIS MORNING AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CELEBRITY CHEF PHENOMENON IN...
00:43:24 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS A VERY GOOD OBSERVATION. A BIG PART OF THE PROBLEM WE HAVE BEEN SKIRTING IS THE FACT WE ARE...
00:46:17 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION. WHAT IS PLAN THE? WHAT IS THE CASE OF GOOD AND IS A GOOD BAD FOR YOU?...
00:46:27 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS LIKE THAT ALGAE IN KELP QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT IT. THIS SCIENCE IS BASED ON...
00:48:00 Unidentified Speaker I AND SEVERAL COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. ON THE POMEGRANATE JUICE PHENOMENON, MY COMPANY MAKES THE [INAUDIBLE]...
00:49:14 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD IF I KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. ON THE FIRST POINT -- OKAY, ON THE FIRST POINT, AND HOW TO KNIT...
00:54:41 Unidentified Speaker THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE SUGGESTION ABOUT THE BANQUETS AND EATING GENTLY AND THEN CELEBRATING WELL....
00:55:27 Unidentified Speaker THERE BEEN INTERESTING STUDIES OF CHANGE IN PEOPLE'S SELF. THEIR EXPERIMENTS GOING ON IN HAWAII WHERE...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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