In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

Michael Pollan's 2008 manifesto distills healthy eating into a seven-word rule — 'Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.' — and traces how the rise of nutritionism, processed foods, and the Western diet has undermined public health. Pollan argues for returning to traditional food wisdom, cooking from scratch, and eating meals rather than nutrients, drawing on anthropology, history, and nutritional science.