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I've been re-reading Michael Pollan's book "In Defense of Food". The title of this blog is basically a summary of the entire book.

I just saved a few hours of your time.

 

He does get more in depth and gives his food algorithm for eating Not necessarily telling you exactly what to eat, but more how to make choices.

 

This article from WebMD did a great job of summarizing the eating algorithm into 7 rules:

 

1.Don't eat anything your great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food.

 

2. Don’t eat anything with more than five ingredients, or ingredients you can't pronounce.

 

3. Stay out of the middle of the supermarket; shop on the perimeter of the store.

 

4. Don't eat anything that won't eventually rot.

 

5. It is not just what you eat but how you eat (eat slowly until you are 80% full)

 

6. Enjoy quality meals with the people you love and cut back on snacking.

 

7. Don't buy food where you buy your gasoline. (In the U.S., 20% of food is eaten in the car)

 

If you are interested in reading the book (it is excellent by the way), you can read the entire book on-line here -->In Defense of Food