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|  | Author: Michael Pollan
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Category: Book
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Rating:  231 reviews
Sales Rank: 140
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 112
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8 x 4.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 014311638X
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.2
EAN: 9780143116387
ASIN: 014311638X
Publication Date: December 29, 2009
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Condition: EXCELLENT CONDITION. NEVER READ.
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 Plain rules, not much content February 28, 2010
I. Borrero
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Simple book of rules. You can read it in 10 to 15 minutes. Not a lot of content.
 Another Great One! February 28, 2010
Samantha M. Culbertson (Baltimore, MD USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Michael Pollan took the best from "In Defense of Food" and distilled it down to a quick read. A good book for your teen or friend who doesn't read.
SOSO February 28, 2010
V Lady (Middleton WI)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In all this book is about 20 pages worth of words. Everything he said in this book I saw him say on Oprah. Not sure about his other books, but this one I was not happy with. Should have just went to the library and read it cover to cover in 30mins.
An informative quick read February 27, 2010
Lyndsey Bristow (Calgary, AB, Canada)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
An easy to read little guide to modern eating. I enjoyed this book as a finale to Michael Pollan's other books: "Omnivores Dilemma" and "In Defense of Food". A very easy read!
Food Rules That Will Stick With You February 26, 2010
Daniel Murphy (Redmond, OR USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Food Rules is a simple book, short, easily read, and readily digested. Its simplicity is deceptive, as it represents a marvelous distillation of Michael Pollan's far more detailed other books on food, The Omnivore's Dilemma, and In Defense of Food.
As a family physician, I have to counsel people with diabetes, obesity, and hypertension every day. On financial grounds, I should be opposed to people reading Food Rules on the basis that if everyone read and followed the recommendations of Food Rules it would threaten my job security.
Though the brevity of this book will not give the reader the full pleasure of the Michael Pollan wit, energy, humor, and breadth of knowledge found in his other books, it does indeed give the heart of the matter: how a particular type of primate (we humans) will want to eat if we want to thrive.
Filled with pithy comments that readily become mental post-its when trying to decide what to eat, Pollan combines a wry sense of humor with extensive research to come up with some gems: "Avoid food products containing ingredients that a third grader cannot pronounce", or "Don't eat anything that your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food (e.g. Cheetos)."
If you love to read fine science writing, and have time, go with the richer experience of Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma. If you are in the more typical 21st century mode of feeling lucky when you can find time to brush your teeth, Food Rules is a terrific choice. In one hour of reading you'll absorb memorable rubrics that DON'T fade into oblivion the day after you've read the book. And you'll significantly reduce your chances of helping fund the college education of your physician's children!
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