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Michael Pollan quotes

American Educator February 6, 1955

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The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms. Michael Pollan
...Only the big food manufacturers have the wherewithal to secure FDA-approved health claims for their products and then trumpet them to the world. Generally, it is the products of modern food science that make the boldest health claims, and these are often founded on incomplete and often bad science. Michael Pollan
You may not think you eat a lot of corn and soybeans, but you do: 75 percent of the vegetable oils in your diet come from soy (representing 20 percent of your daily calories) and more than half of the sweeteners you consume come from corn (representing around 10 perecent of daily calories). Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan quote: "High-quality food is better for your health."
High-quality food is better for your health. Michael Pollan
Perhaps as the sway of tradition in our eating decisions weakens, habits we once took for granted are thrown up in the air, where they're more easily buffeted by a strong idea or a breeze of fashion. Michael Pollan
The ninety-nine cent price of a fast-food hamburger simply doesn't take account of that meal's true cost--to soil, oil, public health, the public purse, etc., costs which are never charged directly to the consumer but, indirectly and invisibly, to the taxpayer (in the form of subsidies), the health care system (in the form of food-borne illnesses and obesity), and the environment (in the form of pollution), not to mention the welfare of the workers in the feedlot and the slaughterhouse and... Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan quote: "Dreams of innocence are just that; they usually depend on a..."
Dreams of innocence are just that; they usually depend on a denial of reality that can be its own form of hubris. Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan quote: "Be the kind of person who takes supplements -- then skip the..."
Be the kind of person who takes supplements -- then skip the supplements. Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan quote: "My writing is remarkably non-confessional; you actually learn..."
My writing is remarkably non-confessional; you actually learn very little about me. Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan quote: "People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental..."
People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental issue. Michael Pollan
There are scores of studies demonstrating that a diet rich in vegetables and fruits reduces the risk of dying from all the Western diseases; in countries where people eat a pound or more of vegetables and fruits a day, the rate of cancer is half what is in the United States. Michael Pollan
In corn, I think I've found the key to the American food chain. If you look at a fast-food meal, a McDonald's meal, virtually all the carbon in it - and what we eat is mostly carbon - comes from corn. Michael Pollan
For a product to carry a health claim on its package, it must first have a package, so right off the bat it's more likely to be processed rather than a whole food. Michael Pollan
Growing corn, which from a biological perspective had always been a process of capturing sunlight to turn into food, has in no small measure become a process of converting fossil fuels into food. Michael Pollan
Half of all broccoli grown commercially in America today is a single variety- Marathon- notable for it's high yield. The overwhelming majority of the chickens raised for meat in America are the same hybrid, the Cornish cross; more than 99 percent of turkeys are the Broad-Breasted Whites. Michael Pollan

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