Most of you know that I'm a Registered Dietitian by profession, but I just plain love food! I love to eat it, I love to read about it, I love to cook it or bake it, I love to talk about it, I love to look for it, shop for it...you get the idea. And to be honest, I get sick and tired of hearing about the "obesity epidemic." We've become so weight obsessed that we forget that our food choices have implications beyond weight. So, being a self-proclaimed "foodie", "Omnivore's Dilemma" was a logical book choice for me. Besides, it's been sitting on my book shelf for several months, unopened.
Michael Pollan, the author, is a prolific writer and professor of environmental journalism at UC Berkley. He has no formal background in nutrition but has written several books on the topic (the most recent being "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto") as well as countless articles and received quite a few awards for his work.
In his book "Omnivore's Dilemma" Pollan explores the question "What should we have for dinner?" To answer this question, "he follows four meals, each derived through a different food-production system, from their origins to the plate. Along the way, Pollan examines the ethical, political, and ecological factors that are intertwined in the industrial, large-scale organic, small-scale organic, and personal (hunted-gathered) food chains, while describing the environmental and health consequences that result from our food choices within these chains." He illustrates how much power we hold with our food choices, and why the foods we eat have consequence beyond our waistlines....
He's an excellent writer and speaker, so this book should prove to be an interesting read that will make each of us think a bit more before making our next food purchase...
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