Don’t eat anything your great grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.This quick read offers 83 “rules” that aren’t actually rules, but rather guidelines for what and how we should eat separated into three sections that summarize his approach to nutrition: “eat food, not too much, mostly plants.” Eat foodĮat real food rather than, in Pollan’s words, “edible foodlike substances.” This section of the book encourages eating clean, whole ingredients and avoiding ultra processed items with rules such as: Michael Pollan, author and food writer with over 30 years of experience exploring diet, culture, and nutrition, succinctly addresses this in his incredibly smart and useful book, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual. While complex and sometimes confusing, most of these diets contain elements of traditional wisdom that suggest we should focus on eating whole, unprocessed foods and controlling our portions. However, everyone’s body is different, and specific sets of rules don’t work universally. For some, one of these plans (or a combination of multiple) is ideal for maintaining balance and controlling nutrition. Words and plans like paleo, keto, Whole30, gluten free, vegan, intermittent fasting, and intuitive eating are all over the place each being touted by their followers as the best way to live a healthy lifestyle. Nutrition is complicated, and many people struggle to identify the right diet for them.
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