tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17562028374344381.post4727139195755464747..comments2023-10-29T05:19:52.988-07:00Comments on Wetterlings Wanderings: Comments, Cool Whip and Cream CheeseMargarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05149470085709699683noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17562028374344381.post-1818691355446351932008-05-07T20:37:00.000-07:002008-05-07T20:37:00.000-07:00Hi Phil,Good words to hear. I read The Omnivore's...Hi Phil,<BR/><BR/>Good words to hear. I read The Omnivore's Dilemma and it changed my thinking about things! I'll have to read In Defense of Food.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for commenting.<BR/><BR/>MargaretMargarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149470085709699683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17562028374344381.post-89421268092594805352008-05-07T14:13:00.000-07:002008-05-07T14:13:00.000-07:00One thing I've been reading is a book by Michael P...One thing I've been reading is a book by Michael Pollan - "In Defense of Food" - in it, he talks about the whole evolution of "food science" and how it's substituted marketing-driven processed foods for healthy, time-honored diets.<BR/><BR/>He suggests that the new pseudo-scientific "healthy" processed foods carry might actually be unhealthy, and that by reducing our needs to a simple set of chemicals, we've lost the very essence of food, and confused our bodies.<BR/><BR/>It's a great book and it's affecting how I view food.<BR/><BR/>I also read his other book - "The Omnivore's Dilemma" - which is about how food is grown.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00547346047057496860noreply@blogger.com