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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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“Four of the top ten causes of death today are chronic diseases with well-established links to diet: coronary heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and cancer.”
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
“PAY MORE, EAT LESS.”
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
“Indeed, the surest way to escape the Western diet is simply to depart the realms it rules: the supermarket, the convenience store, and the fast-food outlet.”
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
“That anyone should need to write a book advising people to "eat food" could be taken as a measure of our alienation and confusion. Or we can choose to see it in a more positive light and count ourselves fortunate indeed that there is once again real food for us to eat.”
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
“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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