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The Swimming Pool Let me explain. Consider the metaphor in which your teenage daughter is a swimmer, you are the pool in which she swims, and the water is the broader world. Like any good swimmer, your daughter wants to be out playing,
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“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
“Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.”
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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
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“The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.”
― Leaves of Grass
― Leaves of Grass
“If you’re concerned about your health, you should probably avoid products that make health claims. Why? Because a health claim on a food product is a strong indication it’s not really food, and food is what you want to eat.”
― In Defence of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating
― In Defence of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating
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