The Botany of Desire was my favorite book on the subject of plant life, so I'll definitely have to give this a read, just to see where Pollan is at on the subject :) Though Desire is, in all fairness, really a book of poetry and that's why I love it so - and this one is in a totally different vein. But I like the way his brain works :)
Reading about food is doubly aggravating, when the writer is evangelizing about The One True Way involving an entire food group you're allergic to or that hopelessly screws your hormones, or pH, or blood sugar, or sanity *snort* About the only thing I can wholeheartedly stand by, is eating mostly whole foods...all the more so as a newly sussed out intolerance just cancelled our licence to eat ANYTHING in a package *headdesk* No gluten, casein, corn, nuts, seeds, soy....and now glutamates. I don't even like cooking! :D
You can't go wrong with reccomending fresh, very diverse, and moderate intake.....but most Americans don't know how, even if they have access to Real Food they can afford. Sigh.
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Reading about food is doubly aggravating, when the writer is evangelizing about The One True Way involving an entire food group you're allergic to or that hopelessly screws your hormones, or pH, or blood sugar, or sanity *snort* About the only thing I can wholeheartedly stand by, is eating mostly whole foods...all the more so as a newly sussed out intolerance just cancelled our licence to eat ANYTHING in a package *headdesk* No gluten, casein, corn, nuts, seeds, soy....and now glutamates. I don't even like cooking! :D
You can't go wrong with reccomending fresh, very diverse, and moderate intake.....but most Americans don't know how, even if they have access to Real Food they can afford. Sigh.