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“In Defense of Food”: The Key Omission

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The movie “In Defense of Food” is a must see, as I’ve said. I think it makes the most reasonable presentation for what we should and should not eat to be healthy. But it also has a glaring omission.

In the movie, a segment focuses on the Hadza, a nomadic tribe in Tanzania and one of the last cultures who are still hunter-gatherers. They eat what they find and occasionally kill. A staple of their diet is very fibrous root vegetables.

The movie also does a segment on a group of elderly 7th Day Adventists. They believe their . . .

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“In Defense of Food”: The Time Factor

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I’ve heard from a number of you who’ve seen “In Defense of Food” by now. If you haven’t, find it and plan to watch it; this is one movie the whole family should watch together. As I said on Tuesday, I think it’s the most fair and balanced presentation I’ve seen on what to eat. But there were a couple of things I don’t think were covered as well as they might be.

One of the segments focuses on teaching kids in inner cities how to grow produce and how to cook it, in . . .

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A Must-See Movie

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The holiday season has been filled with one blockbuster movie after another, but if you want to see a movie that can help you decide what to eat, you have to see “In Defense of Food” with Michael Pollan. It also happens to be free on your PBS station or On Demand depending on your cable or satellite offerings.

There have been many movies that examine the foods we eat today. Most are more political and a criticism of business, government, and especially meat more than anything else. Not this movie. Pollan, a journalism professor, takes a look at food . . .

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