Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants


	Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants

egsnyder

1-10-2008 5:29 AM

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food, eating, health

egsnyder says:

I heard an interview with author, Michael Pollan, on CBC radio in the car last night. Either I was very receptive, or what he was saying made absolute simple sense which seemed to cut through all the BS about nutrition, health, etc. that we are bombarded with 24/7.

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