Michael Pollan, well-known author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, has a new book called Food Rules. Says Pollan, "We know there is a deep reservoir of food wisdom out there, or else humans would not have survived to the extent we have, much of this food wisdom is worth preserving and reviving and heeding." In a New York Times interview with Tara Parker-Pope, Pollan explains that through consulting folklorists, anthropologists, doctors, nurses, nutritionists and dieticians "as well as a large number of mothers and grandmothers" he compiled the rules for his book.
Eat food, not too much, mostly plants, just about says it all and the book is divided into three sections based on this rule. The rules are simple, brief and funny. Like, Don't buy cereals that change the color of the milk. Or one rule that Pollan says is common to both Jewish and Italian grandmothers, The whiter the bread, the sooner you'll be dead, which reflects the cultural wisdom that whole grains are more nutritious.
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