Title:
In defense of food : an eater's manifesto / Kikim Media ; producer and director, Michael Schwarz ; producer and telescript, Edward Gray ; executive producer, Kiki Kapany.
ISBN:
9781627895743
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publication Information:
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2016]
[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2016]
©2016
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Documentary.
"Subtitles are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--Container.
Based on the book: In defense of food / Michael Pollan.
Program content: ©2015.
"Approx. 120 minutes"--Container.
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo.
Contents:
Introduction -- Western diet -- Too much sugar -- Lessons from nature -- What can we do? -- Low fat campaign -- A food desert blooms -- Mostly plants -- Longest living Americans -- Our microscopic partners -- Not too much -- Secrets of the buffet line -- Soda politics -- French paradox -- Conclusion.
Summary:
""Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of food journalist Pollan's thesis. Humans used to know how to eat well, he argues, but the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists. As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape dense with bad advice and foods that are not "real." Indeed, plain old eating is being replaced by an obsession with nutrition that is, paradoxically, ruining our health, not to mention our meals. Pollan's advice is: "Don't eat anything that your great-great grandmother would not recognize as food." Looking at what science does and does not know about diet and health, he proposes a new way to think about what to eat, informed by ecology and tradition rather than by the nutrient-by-nutrient approach"-- From publisher description.
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Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0727/2007037552.html
Language Note:
In English with optional English subtitles (for people who are deaf or hard of hearing).
Performer:
Narrator, Michael Pollan ; commentators, David Jacobs, Bruce German, David Mills, Walter Willett, Paul Rozin, Claude Fischler.
Production Credits:
Editors, Rhonda Collins, Gail Huddleson ; director of photography, Vicente Franco ; original score, Christopher Hedge.
Story consultant, Michael Pollan.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Originally produced in 2015 for KQED.
OCLC Number:
ocn933624864
Availability:
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