![]() ![]() Second, people throughout the world who eat a range of traditional diets, even those heavy in fats, carbohydrates, or protein, don't suffer from these diseases. "Four of the top ten killers in America are chronic diseases that can be linked to this diet," Pollan claims. ![]() The simple picture, he says, can be distilled into two facts that will lead to a sensible diet: First, the Western diet leads to Western diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. After researching The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2006) and In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (2008), Pollan came to an important realization: "The deeper I delved into the confused and confusing thicket of nutritional science, sorting through long-running fats versus carb wars, the fiber skirmishes and the raging dietary supplement debates, the simpler the picture gradually became," he writes in Food Rules. ![]() Michael Pollan's done just that with his new book, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual. I t can be complicated to simplify things, but sometimes we need to be reminded of the essentials. ![]()
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