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wrentheblurry's review against another edition
4.0
A quick, easy title to read in one sitting (there are lots of illustrations). Basically, the title offers 83 "rules" about food, broken into three categories that stem from the simple edict that Pollan offered in a previous work: Eat food. Mostly plants. Not too much. While this is solid, simple advice, sometimes that can be the most difficult to follow. One rule example is "Eat all the junk food you want, as long as you cook it yourself." We are much less likely to eat fried food and desserts and the like if we need to spend the time and effort (and deal with the mess of fried foods, oy) cooking it.
For those that don't want to read In Defense of Food, or those that would just prefer a condensed version, check out the rules, and share them with your friends. Do they agree with the same ones that you do?
Here's to happy and healthy eating!
For those that don't want to read In Defense of Food, or those that would just prefer a condensed version, check out the rules, and share them with your friends. Do they agree with the same ones that you do?
Here's to happy and healthy eating!
sheila713's review against another edition
3.0
Brief rules about what we should eat and how we should eat. Interesting and made sense. Pretty much sums up a proper life style diet.
gingerliss's review against another edition
5.0
Really useful book. The 'rules' in this book are very realistic. I want to hang them all up in our kitchen! I'm very enthusiastic!
prhodes98's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
Surely a book I will come back to time and time again. I’m glad I purchased a copy for myself.
nyarasha's review against another edition
3.0
Pretty straightforward suggestions for rules. Nothing super exciting in my opinion, but a quick and easy read. Might be useful for some, just not me.
sophiesallade's review against another edition
3.0
*read in the bath tub*
Reason for 3 stars is at time this book really feels fatphobic. I love the thought of eating only real food, and cooking for one’s self, and eating at a table, farmers markets, the whole lot. But I think eating ‘whole foods’ shouldn’t be talked about as a way to ‘lose or not gain weight’.
Some of the rules I wrote down and thought about-
1.Avoid food products containing ingredients you don’t have in your pantry
2. Buy your snacks at the farmers market
3. Eat only foods that have been cooked by humans
4. It’s not good if it arrived through the window of your car
5. Eat mostly plants, especially leaves- but the description under this one was a bit problematic… I don’t necessarily think that vegetarians are healthier than omnivores. Especially thoughtful omnivores vs vegetarians that eat a bunch of processed meat substitutes. Maybe just quantity is what counts? But he said in the prologue that some of the healthiest cultures in the world eat mostly meat
6. Eating what stands on one leg (mushrooms, plants) better than 2 (fowl), better than 4 (cows, pigs)- Chinese proverb
7. Eat animals that themselves have eaten well
8. People who drink moderately and regularly live longer and suffer less heart disease (wine)
9. If you’re not hungry enough to eat an apple, you’re not hungry. Eat till 80% full
10. Don’t go back for seconds
11. Limit snacking to fruits, veggies, and nuts
12. No snacks, no seconds, no sweets unless the day begins with ‘S’
Reason for 3 stars is at time this book really feels fatphobic. I love the thought of eating only real food, and cooking for one’s self, and eating at a table, farmers markets, the whole lot. But I think eating ‘whole foods’ shouldn’t be talked about as a way to ‘lose or not gain weight’.
Some of the rules I wrote down and thought about-
1.Avoid food products containing ingredients you don’t have in your pantry
2. Buy your snacks at the farmers market
3. Eat only foods that have been cooked by humans
4. It’s not good if it arrived through the window of your car
5. Eat mostly plants, especially leaves- but the description under this one was a bit problematic… I don’t necessarily think that vegetarians are healthier than omnivores. Especially thoughtful omnivores vs vegetarians that eat a bunch of processed meat substitutes. Maybe just quantity is what counts? But he said in the prologue that some of the healthiest cultures in the world eat mostly meat
6. Eating what stands on one leg (mushrooms, plants) better than 2 (fowl), better than 4 (cows, pigs)- Chinese proverb
7. Eat animals that themselves have eaten well
8. People who drink moderately and regularly live longer and suffer less heart disease (wine)
9. If you’re not hungry enough to eat an apple, you’re not hungry. Eat till 80% full
10. Don’t go back for seconds
11. Limit snacking to fruits, veggies, and nuts
12. No snacks, no seconds, no sweets unless the day begins with ‘S’
_ash0_'s review against another edition
5.0
Great advice in this tiny book. Definitely going to implement some of these tips in my daily life. Most of it is common sense and what I have deciphered in other books and media. But it was great to have it all in one place.
madbirks's review against another edition
fast-paced
0.75
Lacked any sort of intersectionality or acknowledgment of how different communities (the disabled, displaced, poor) should lead healthy lives and why our fucked up world has made it so difficult for marginalized communities to have access to affordable and healthy food. Gave 70+ rules (many rooted in diet culture bullshit) and then said don’t always follow the rules.
corvingreene's review against another edition
5.0
A great synthesis of Pollan's basic rules for eating healthy.