Michael Pollan is like the ultimate 'concerned dad'. He never comes off as incindiary or provocative. He just gives you the information you need to make better choices. Love him.

I don´t know if I got them all but here´s the list: 1) Don´t eat what your grandmother wouldn´t recognize. 2) Don´t eat foods with more than five ingredients. 3) Avoid foods that never rot. 4) Eat all your meals at a table. 5) Eat when you are hungry, not when you are bored. 6) Stop eating before you´re full.

I never cease to be amazed at how the fruit and vegetable isles in supermarkets here in the UK, smell of absolutely nothing.

We need Michael Pollan now more than ever. Always fascinating to hear one of your talks.

I grew up in farm country. I know the difference between caring, conscientious small operation farmers and abusive, greedy **small and large operation** farmers and large scale industrial farmers with no conscience. I was never brainwashed by the industrial food movement, and what's called "farming" today, industrial farming, isn't - it's only existed around 100 years, and is machining, not farming. I began my "new" food regimen based on humane and conscientious farmers and farming. It's called "organic" today - but I don't just go by that word. I live in a city now, but I've reconnected with local farmers and farms (partially through farmers markets, partially through my animal rescue volunteer work). I visit the farms, I know who's growing and caring for my food. By doing this, I accidentally fell within every single high nutrition and quality food parameter. When you find farmers who are conscientious in how they care for their gardens and their animals, they will also be conscientious in caring about **what goes into your body**. It's worth the work. Those who don't care about the animals - don't give a flyin F about you either. And, because I've cut out the middle man - I actually save money. My favorite plus - I don't pay money for people to abuse and torture animals. I my money directly to people who love their animals and gardens and take beautiful care of them. I'm also continuing my research into balanced use of these foods - but my common sense from my childhood 5 decades ago proved true through all the extremes of the 80's, 90's, and 2000's. Not only for me, but for my pets as well. One of my best mantra's - "Extremes are almost never the answer". Another best mantra: Cruel treatment of animals leads to cruel treatment of humans. And yes, we can absolutely drink milk and eat eggs, butter and cheese from happy farm animals. I know - I've personally collected from and cared for the happy animals, who are literally wagging tails and feathers while I do it. I refuse to support the unhappy farms. I well know what both look like. Back to our best roots, kudos to Mr. Pollan, and marvelous ideas below as well.

I have a Twinkie that's 12 years old it looks perfectly fresh I'll get around to eating it someday

I have been following up on Michael Pollan's work and I find him so enlightening!

That is so well described and so smart. I live in Israel, where people from the middle east, europe and africa came to this tiny land and living multiculturally. The people that ate most traditionally are yemenites and arab israelis, and they both have the highest life expectancy in the country despite being poor(on avarage) and even sometimes discriminated against.

"Medicalize" = "monetize" for the capitalist. Excellent program, and I have already broken free of "Westernized" eating, and better already.

These videos are tremendously helpful to me, as I am trying to learn everything I can about good nutrition. Thanks so much!

Thank you Michael.

Make your own yoghurt! It is so cheap, easy and delicious - and healthy :-) Start with actually buying some natural yoghurt - one with no sugar and does contain lactobacillus. Heat fresh milk (not UHT stuff) to just under boiling, (180F) leave it at that temperature for 15-30 mins. Cool it to around 110F if you have a thermometer, add and stir around 3 tbsp of the yoghurt, wrap in blankets with a couple of hot water bottles, let it sit keeping warm and still for 7-8 hours. It will look solid with yellow-green fluid on top, Either spoon some of that off for the dog, who loves it, or stir, put in fridge overnight, and enjoy!! (Sarah Slade)

He is a modern day savior.

I love this man! Wonderful work!

Notably missing in the comparison of Western vs. traditional diets is a discussion about sedentary vs. active lifestyle. I kept waiting for this to be brought up but it never did for some reason. All those traditional hunter societies feature an incredible amount of daily physical activity while the Western daily pattern of moving between different chairs throughout the day also directly affects obesity, heart disease, and diabetes. Good talk though, he's a great speaker.

I like the fact he's great at talking about food so poignant, and his surname is Pollan! Awesome Thanks Michael.

He has answered the questions now, you guys should check the latests video 2016, what a brilliant work

Very informative. Thank you for posting.

I completely agree with the way you’re thinking about the juxtaposition between disparity and production. The next questions follow then, though: Do we want to condemn people to making below a living wage for backbreaking now industrialized work that exposes them to insane amounts of pesticides and other biochemicals? Wouldn’t a better solution be to incentivize a more sustainable system of food production to begin with? Surely this would attract a new generation of farmers in and of itself.

this guy is amazing

Great speech. People should also take their time eating and chew their food well. People are in a rush to eat because of their busy schedules. This also increases cortisol when contributes to weight gain. GMO corn seeds contain roundup which is proven as a carcinogen. Not to mention GMOs are illegal in a lot of countries. More people are starting to grow their own food because they don't trust commercial food products.

Like this guy.

"It's ok to be hungry.". Hunger is normal, not an emergency . If you are every time you were hungry you'd be eating all the time. Hunger helped early humans eat as much as they could as often as they could. Today, you aren't gonna die if you wait until dinner rather than eat on the bus ride home.

Very informative......

If you feel that you need to have someone to tell you what to eat or how to eat you're already lost. The medical community is the last place to find out about your health. You are connected to the world through your body and your senses- to be healthy is to be in touch with the world.

I think the major take away message from this speech could be that one of the main impacts of foods is its psychological impact, which is actually the most useful and efficacious and actually one of the most profound effects of food . Moreover, simple tips like balanced wholesome meals and not eating till fullness.... just getting back to basics.

true, true

The Prius reverse SFX tho 😂

Eating is supposed to be about substance, just giving your body enough to function to fullfil the works of the day. Unfortunately we focus on all the wrong things in life these days.

Good talk. i would like to know the data on the low fat campaign. what was the actual fat intake before, during and after? Because a campaigne doesnt neccesarilly change that. thats why i wish Mr. Pollan would have mentioned the numbers.

So inspirational! The way the system functions is failing us all, GMOs have not improved the food chain for the needs of anyone. The food regulations has failed dramatically, regulating what???? The Health system in my opinion is never addressing the root causes of diseases, nor addressing the immune system! Holistic approach is frowned upon due to the mainstream system having a monopoly on the populations staying diseased ridden! The whole system is failing the whole worlds prosperity! Namaste!

6:50 I love how the camera guy chuckles at the absurdity of a cold war between nutrients.

It is so simple.....we are our own doctors and the medicine is the food we eat. of course there`s no money in prevention. it`s all in the treatment.

When one explains his point with using few words shows his wisdom on the matter. When he resorts to long explanations tells you he is not sure himself or is trying to condition you to except his agenda. Wisdom is crying out in the streets, you just have to listen for it.

@T3mporal: if anything this guy is pro-science. He's not falling in the fallacy of "science is wrong because it's changing", he's saying nutritional science isn't ready for drawing the conclusions we're drawing right now.

Need to keep in mind that lifestyle is also an important factor that can affect your health beside diet. If people from different culture with different type of diet are less likely to have "modern health condition" like diabetes or obesity, maybe we could consider that their lifestyle is the other side of the coin.

got an ad for uber eats before this video

Agree. Eat with bevidsthed 29:13

>>>the longer the shelf-life, the shorter your life!

Unlike smoking, People MUST EAT! So take back control of your eating. Make balanced home cooked meals that are low in salt, sugar and fat. Eat a pound of vegetables a day from food that is well grown. Buy Organic or R.G.B.H. free Milk from cows that have not been shot up with growth hormones and that are grass feed. Grass feed beef and grass fed chickens. Animals eating grass in a pasture have benefits. Make a decision to be a conscious eater.

Beta carotene rich diets have been proven to reduce lung and other cancers... even to the point that high levels of beta carotene actually have lowered the risk of lung cancer in smokers to that of a non-smoker. The body needs the vital nutrients to fight the mechanics of cancer-- but it's a complex system that includes such factors as the PH of water one drinks and the relative volume of fresh fruits and vegetables. Proper PH levels can work to block and destroy cancer.

food should be eaten for fuel not to get sleepy

4:12

Question, where was this speech?

@T3mporal Marketing has a lot to do with the Psuedo-Science that is the "Health movement."

what's a great "real world study" is to go into 7/11...now they sell alot of junk, but curiously they do sell fruit, tuna, cheese, yogurt, smoothies etc right in the middle of the store...so given the choices go watch what people buy...it aint the middle, they loading up on the junk

The points made are really a mixture of valid and jumbled. For one thing most people did not turn to low fat they continued to give into Ronald McDonald. Also is pure weight the test, many American males are dedicated to increasing muscle mass, which increases weight whilst increasing health, generally. Also people didn't voluntarily choose to take more sugar, those who saw the need to reduce fat, they were tricked into it by food fabricators. Low fat was on the label but high sugar not.

just watch the documentary "earthlings"

Good. Talk. Take away for me. It's not what you eat it's how you e.g. at a table, with family.... also the French I have hunger, I don't have hunger vs I am full. On a separate note would have liked to hear him on the meat v no meat argument

I want my postbiotics now!

Go to WooPep diet website page and learn how to do the diet.

What does he mean by food being fed to cars?

I have an extra credit report on this video. My teacher has asked me to write a short paragraph on topics she picked from this video. Two of them I cant seem to figure out after watching this video twice. "2. Food Industry Efforts to Prevent release of information about food origins" the other is "3. Pollan’s statement “…the logic of industry and the logic of biology are in conflict. When that happens, biology always wins”." Does anyone know the part of the video where M.Pollan talks about food industry efforts and the part where he is quoted? I dont remember seeing him saying anything about industry and biology conflict.

Dear God! Who would want to try to reproduce a mother's milk?? Nursing a child is the most important thing to do for the health of your child. Your instincts are the first and last place you need for your health in combination with a knowledge of how to cook food correctly.

I like bacon

If you're packing glucose into your system, & you're not allowing your body to use up all ingested glucose, then your body can't use any fat stores through insulin sensetive lipase, & it will in turn, pack excess glucose into, you guessed it, FAAAAAAAT Likewise if your not intaking sugars but only fats, your body automatically is in fat burning mode, although, it's more complex than that, but you get the idea.

@T3mporal Nutritionism ISN'T a science. That is what he is saying. He isn't talking about science at all, on any level. He is talking about the danger of believing in PSEUDOscience. As in, people who use scientific terminology to express completely unscientific opinions. Things that haven't been tested, and even if they have been tested the results are irrelevant (in the minds of the nutritionists).

You know what's fun? Telling the difference between hungry, depressed, or bored.... WHEN TOU HAVE ALEXITHYMIA!!! I am neurodivergent as FUUUUUU.... And I have a great difficulty telling the difference between the emotions I feel, and separating out the more uncomfortable emotions. Add that to desperately needing dopamine due to ADHD, and it took finally getting diagnosed and on medication to help me be a NORMAL AMOUNT OF HUNGRY.

I stopped eating fat because the pesticides and hormones applied to the plants and animals go into the animal fat. That's my story and I'm stickin with it.

its terrifying how little education most people have on the many nuances of daily life. and when i try to explain these things, they say “quit using big words”, “what a bunch of nerd stuff”, “youre overthinking stuff”. its really disheartening. i dont even live in inbred hill billy territory and its still this bad. sad man.

този не знае ли български, че тръгнал да обяснява

the 5 people that disliked this are omnimorons -___-

True. But just missed a practical conclusion! Stick to the food of a locale. Preferably the one into which you are born in. (Excluding the unfortunate ones who were born into a cosmopolitan culture!) Never mix foods from different cultures/region. Because the food also has got evolution. The local food and the humans in that enviro has developed together for thousands of years. You will find the checks and balances mostly unsaid and inherent in the regional foods taken together. When you mix all these are getting upset. The western (American for example) food is a mixture of food from different cultures and that is its defect!

sooooooooooo, what about land, resources, knowledge, machinery? We can just ignore that? damn that post was 2 years ago,lol.

3)...except for raw, local honey. :-)

I'd wager high that the Inuit don't snarf down whale and seal blubber at the same rate many Westerners do McDonald's meals...

You can not complete your talk without aayurveda which is the sorse of every other civilization.

Out of the ones I listened to which I found inspired and were great, this one I like the least. A little too much knocking on science here. And I know Mckenna used to do it (I don't know if Pollan heard of him, but they share some philosophical ideas) but Mckenna was more convincing about it. Nutrition isn't something that I think of as a cultural practice. Fast food is our culture, it literally is our culture, and that should not guide us. Drinking beer is part of our culture, but it's a horrible idea. Comparing nutritionists to a priesthood is a horrible analogy.

Get rid of Social Programs. Get out of wars. And help people grow their own food. End the Fed, IRS, VOTE Libertarian. I agree. Nothing will change with Romney nor Obama.....just business as usual. T

Replace food with political ideas and we're still stuck, less by our understanding of a subject and more by the shortcomings in human behavior, by this desire to create super-goods and super-bads. We need a good old fashioned species-wide brainwashing to help develop our critical thinking.

Hah! He's using a plastic bag. #justsayin

These are all good ideas, but they won't work.

Food Rules?? so simple! dont eat food that contain stuff a kid can not read. eat home grown vegies, fruits, sea food some meat, avoid soda, and processed stuff

Go Vegan - ditch the diary. Watch Earthlings, Dominion, Cowspiracy, Forks over Knives, etc.

Why should we drink cows milk? It’s meant for the baby cow. Human Babies drink their mothers milk. . Eggs hatch baby chickens, why should we eat them? Studies show you can stop and start cancer by stopping and starting foods from animals. But what the heck, Cancer isn’t very common and you can always get chemotherapy!! Best Wishes!! ❤️❤️

We never went low fat. We went from high fat to still high fat but a little bit less. High fat is a killer in that it interferes with oxygen transport and fuel uptake. By the way, cows milk is not a human food including yogurts. Cows milk is a product of tremendous cruelty to animals. Its main protein is is very difficult for a majority of people to digest. It’s excess mucus creating besides containing growth hormones that encourage cancer and excess weight gain. Processed/pasteurized milk would not keep a healthy calf alive because it’s dead and its nutrients are damaged or destroyed by heat Basically it’s a disease causing food for humanity. If you wish to be truly healthy, what I would call paradise health, please check out the amazing book, “the 80/10/10 diet“ by Dr. Douglas Graham.

This thinking is 10 years old and out of date!