November 6, 2007

Grist Interview with Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, has a new book coming out in January. According to Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto grew out of frequent questions he got from readers of Omnivore's Dilemma:

Now that you've looked into the heart of the food system and been into the belly of the beast, how should I eat, and what should I buy, and if I'm concerned about health, what should I be eating? I decided I would see what kind of very practical answers I could give people.

Pollan continues

I spent a lot of time looking at the science of nutrition, and learned pretty quickly there's less there than meets the eye, and that the scientists really haven't figured out that much about food. Letting them tell us how to eat is probably not a very good idea, and indeed the culture -- which is to say tradition and our ancestors -- has more to teach us about how to eat well than science does.

Read Tom Philpott's interview with Michael Pollan on AlterNet.

In Defense of Food comes out in January. Pre-order it.

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