Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan is an American writer and journalist, currently the Knight Professor of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. His essays have been published in numerous publications including Harper's Magazine and The New York Times Magazine; he is also the author of books on agriculture and ecology including The Botany of Desire and The Omnivore's Dilemma.

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• Of course it’s also a lot easier to slap a health claim on a box of sugary cereal than on a potato or carrot, with the perverse result that the most healthful foods in the supermarket sit there quietly in the produce section, silent as stroke victims, while a few aisles over, the Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms are screaming about their newfound whole-grain goodness.
  • • Nutrition science is where surgery was in about 1650, you know, really interesting and promising, but would you want to have them operate on you yet? I don’t think so.