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In defense of food : an eater's manifesto / Kikim Media ; producer and director, Michael Schwarz ; producer and telescript, Edward Gray ; executive producer, Kiki Kapany.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: IDOF601 | PBSLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Publisher: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2016]Distributor: [Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781627895743
  • 1627895744
Related works:
  • Television screenplay based on (work): Pollan, Michael. In defense of food
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Introduction -- The Western diet -- Too much sugar -- Lessons from nature -- What can we do? -- The 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 -- The French paradox -- Conclusion.
Production credits:
  • Editors, Rhonda Collins, Gail Huddleson ; director of photography, Vicente Franco ; original score, Christopher Hedge.
  • Story consultant, Michael Pollan.
Narrator, Michael Pollan ; commentators, David Jacobs, Bruce German, David Mills, Walter Willett, Paul Rozin, Claude Fischler.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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Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD 613.2 I35 Available 33111008645422
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Based on Michael Pollan's New York Times Best-Seller, In Defense of Food analyzes the modern diet of first world nations, and gives suggestions how to improve one's daily food intake. ~ Daniel Gelb, Rovi

Documentary.

In English with optional English subtitles (for the hearing impaired).

DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo.

"Subtitles are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--Container.

Editors, Rhonda Collins, Gail Huddleson ; director of photography, Vicente Franco ; original score, Christopher Hedge.

Story consultant, Michael Pollan.

Narrator, Michael Pollan ; commentators, David Jacobs, Bruce German, David Mills, Walter Willett, Paul Rozin, Claude Fischler.

Based on the book: In defense of food / Michael Pollan.

Originally produced in 2015 for KQED.

Program content: �2015.

"Approx. 120 minutes"--Container.

""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.

Introduction -- The Western diet -- Too much sugar -- Lessons from nature -- What can we do? -- The 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 -- The French paradox -- Conclusion.

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