Posts Tagged ‘Michael Pollan’

Big Food vs. Big Insurance

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September 21, 2009

From the New York Times: Michael Pollan on Big Food vs. Big Insurance. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, three-quarters of health care spending now goes to treat “preventable chronic diseases.” Not all of these diseases are linked to diet – there’s smoking, for instance – but many, if not most, of [...]

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Are prepared foods making us fat?

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August 20, 2009

From The Atlantic: Are prepared foods making us fat? It is a topic I am pursuing, and I continue to be surprised at the dearth of studies. Barbara Rolls and colleagues have shown that portion size influences caloric intake; because prepared foods are often served in large portions, it seems likely that they promote excessive [...]

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America’s Favorite Food Intellectual

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March 3, 2009

From Mother Jones: Michael Pollan Fixes Dinner. MJ: When you first wrote the mantra “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants,” did you have any idea what kind of reaction you’d get? MP: Well, I studied my poetry in school, and I knew there was something about the way it sounded that made it easy [...]

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