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A review by draackje
Echt eten : een handleiding by Michael Pollan
3.0
Eating healthy can seem to be very complicated at times. Some books focus on nutritional value to determine what is good for your body, and have you counting calories, carbs etc. This book takes a different approach: by comparing food and eating in the Western world and the rest of the world, this book focuses on the natural and cultural history of food to argue what is good for you. This results in the following advice: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants".
The rest of the book tries to turn this advice into actionable 'rules' (guidelines), like little bits of grandma's wisdom. Some of these guidelines seem obvious (Eat wellâgrown food from healthy soil), some make sense (Eat only foods that will eventually rot), and some don't (stay out of the middle of the supermarket). As usual the power of these guidelines lies in their explanation, which usually contain some good arguments.
All in all: a useful little handbook that reminds you that the basics of eating healthy are actually pretty simple.
The rest of the book tries to turn this advice into actionable 'rules' (guidelines), like little bits of grandma's wisdom. Some of these guidelines seem obvious (Eat wellâgrown food from healthy soil), some make sense (Eat only foods that will eventually rot), and some don't (stay out of the middle of the supermarket). As usual the power of these guidelines lies in their explanation, which usually contain some good arguments.
All in all: a useful little handbook that reminds you that the basics of eating healthy are actually pretty simple.