Food sage Michael Pollan - author of The Omnivore's Dilemma - advises us not to eat anything that our great-great-great grandmothers wouldn't recognise. For Pollan, the antithesis of natural eating is yoghurt squeezed from a tube directly into the mouth - a recent hit with US children. Pollan is a champion of the ethical superiority of small, local organic farms and believes industrialisation has caused the organic movement to lose its soul. He cites the microwaveable organic TV dinner, saying this bastardisation looks and tastes like airline food. The more processed or refined a food is, the more energy and water are used to make it.
The lesson: Eat food, not food products. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/news/good-living/a-guide-to-eating-yourself-to-salvation/2007/10/29/1193618775394.html
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