Don’t Eat Things That Don’t Rot: Michael Pollan Interview

Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! interviews Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food. 

Here are a few of the exerpts that I particularly found interesting:

• Don’t eat foods that don’t rot.
• Shop the periphery of the grocery store.  The healthiest foods are at the outer edge.
• Eat locally when you can and support your local farmers
•  Grains were refined so much that all the nutrients were ground out of them thus producing a longer shelf life and thus the rats were no longer interested in them.
• Many cuisines are very healthy - Japanese, South American, Mediterranean.  The one that seems to be the most unhealthy is the Western diet. 

It’s really a great interview that has a lot of information.  Listen to his take on farming, subsidies, and many facts on food that when you really think about them are frustrating.  The more we refine and put more junk in food, the cheaper it gets whereas whole foods - foods that are good for us - are more expensive and just can’t compete.    Sugar or fruit juice can’t compete with high fructose corn syrup.  Why?  Corn is a subsidy and we’re not paying the true cost of the grain - we are, however, paying with our health and the health of our children. 

You may also like to read the transcript in it’s entirety or watch the RealAudio stream from the DemocracyNow! website.

Listen to the Michael Pollan Interview from Democracy Now!  (around 23:00)

Source: DemocracyNow!