Michael Pollan Interview: In Defense Of Food 2

Could our conceptions for eating, and our understanding of foods, gone terribly awry? In this segment, Michael Pollan explains how Americans have come to view food through the lens of nutritionism. Foods have become valued upon their perceived healthiness, largely, the measure of good and bad nutrients within foods. Other valuable reasons for eating, such as pleasure, and enhancing a sense of community, have been more ignored.

Cooking Up A Story | September 2, 2008

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