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 enlarge | Author: Michael Pollan
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 1594201455
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.2
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Publication Date: January 1, 2008
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 Only the last 1/3 of the book is useful. December 11, 2008
A. Bolton (Austin, TX)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
First off, I am rather surprised at all the glowing reviews. The author really has no credentials to be writing about a subject such as the one he is trying to tackle. He starts off the book poo-pooing food science, but at the core of the book, he's really just ragging on the food industry for exploiting the scientific results (often from a single unrepeated study. Scientific facts are cemented by repeated studies, something the author fails to understand). Through the first 2/3s of the book, he really just repeats himself, not to mention make glaring errors that throw his credibility out the window (carbs and protein have 4 calories per gram, not 5. If he can't even get THAT right...).
The final 1/3 of the book is some good eating advice that would have made a good column in a magazine, or an essay on a website. It is certainly not worth buying the book for, and I'm glad I only borrowed my copy from the library.
Overall, not worth reading. Just avoid odd chemicals in food, buy organic, local, and in season if you can, and try for fresh (or frozen) instead of canned. That's it.
 Skip the CD's, read the book December 3, 2008
JD (Narberth, PA United States)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a great book, though I expect most who will read it have already read Pollan's earlier books, and therefore will have already absorbed most of this information. I look forward to some fresh insights, or a new direction in his next book, as he has pretty much beaten the whole foods, anti-corn-and-soy dogma to death.
This review is not actually about the book, but about the Audio Book. Do yourself a favor and DO NOT listen to it if you ever want to read another book by Michael Pollan. The reader, Scott Brick, is really awful. He takes "preachy" to a new level and does a great disservice to Pollan's research and writing. As a non-stop listener to public radio, I am familiar with the sound of Pollan's voice, and of his collegial, didactic tone. I spent the whole time I listened to this book gritting my teeth and wishing Pollan had read it himself (perhaps he's too busy peddling himself on public radio?) instead of shunting it off to Scott Brick. Brick sounds like a second-rate local theater actor with aspirations toward Shakespeare, turning (soft) journalism into high drama. His tone is antagonistic at best, and just overall condescending to the listener. If you'll excuse the pun, he will leave a bad taste in your mouth -- Brick is the corn syrup of audio book readers.
Good but not worth it if you have Omnivore's Dilema November 25, 2008
Eugene Zinovyev (San Francisco, CA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Let me say that on its own this is a very good book. Pollan does a great job of talking about how much of the "science" behind the nutrition claims of journalists and doctors is basically bunk and often may do more harm than good. He then goes onto explain what parts of the Western Diet (processed foods, industrial foods, corn syrup, hydrogenated corn) may be causing so many of the Chronic diseases) and some basic rules to live by for eating food.
That said, there is not much in this book that I did not already learn from Omnivore's Dilemma. The book read more like another chapter to Omnivore's dilemma than a stand alone book. So hence the three stars since I think its just okay if you have read Omnivore's, however if you haven't i would say this is more like 4.5 stars
 You'll read it in a day but remember it for a long time November 25, 2008
García Marquez Wannabe (Caracas, Venezuela)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is excellent, mostly because of the references you'll find to other books. Very good research into a subject that matters to us all. A good starting point into the problems and rewards of eating well.
In Defense of Food November 23, 2008
Bianca (Boston, MA)
What a fun book to read. The author is brilliant and a riot. Very informative and inspiring. I would recomend this book to everyone wanting to take back ownership of their health and well being.
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