Michael Pollan - Food Rules for Healthy People and Planet

[@mutantqueen]

Michael Pollan is like the ultimate 'concerned dad'. He never comes off as incindiary or provocative. He just gives you the information you need to make better choices. Love him.

[@user-kx2zv7tg3u]

this is why I like him a lot too, I would love to meet him someday.

[@christinehollow1183]

The drainage to stay in

[@AcidProblemChild]

I don´t know if I got them all but here´s the list: 1) Don´t eat what your grandmother wouldn´t recognize. 2) Don´t eat foods with more than five ingredients. 3) Avoid foods that never rot. 4) Eat all your meals at a table. 5) Eat when you are hungry, not when you are bored. 6) Stop eating before you´re full.

[@lilmisspeace]

AcidProblemChild and eat what grows on a plant not what is made in a plant.

[@robmcghie5248]

Shop from the periphery of the supermarket it's where the less processed food is replenished

[@lilmisspeace]

Womble Robert YES!! I do any "aisle shopping" online and do skirt the outer edges of the supermarket in person - that way I protect myself against impulse purchases and marketing schemes. Another thing to do is reduce tv and other forms of exposure to advertisements- I noticed that since living tv-free for the last 2 or 3 years advertisements don't "work" on me any more...

[@sandeepsharma1527]

BEST AND SWEAR BY IT !

[@yengsabio5315]

On number 2, esp. those you don't even know how to pronounce to begin with or understand it.

[@TheVoluntariast]

We need Michael Pollan now more than ever. Always fascinating to hear one of your talks.

[@leedonnelly6217]

I never cease to be amazed at how the fruit and vegetable isles in supermarkets here in the UK, smell of absolutely nothing.

[@gladisembon]

I have been following up on Michael Pollan's work and I find him so enlightening!

[@Bubbaluv8]

I grew up in farm country. I know the difference between caring, conscientious small operation farmers and abusive, greedy **small and large operation** farmers and large scale industrial farmers with no conscience. I was never brainwashed by the industrial food movement, and what's called "farming" today, industrial farming, isn't - it's only existed around 100 years, and is machining, not farming. I began my "new" food regimen based on humane and conscientious farmers and farming. It's called "organic" today - but I don't just go by that word. I live in a city now, but I've reconnected with local farmers and farms (partially through farmers markets, partially through my animal rescue volunteer work). I visit the farms, I know who's growing and caring for my food. By doing this, I accidentally fell within every single high nutrition and quality food parameter. When you find farmers who are conscientious in how they care for their gardens and their animals, they will also be conscientious in caring about **what goes into your body**. It's worth the work. Those who don't care about the animals - don't give a flyin F about you either. And, because I've cut out the middle man - I actually save money. My favorite plus - I don't pay money for people to abuse and torture animals. I my money directly to people who love their animals and gardens and take beautiful care of them. I'm also continuing my research into balanced use of these foods - but my common sense from my childhood 5 decades ago proved true through all the extremes of the 80's, 90's, and 2000's. Not only for me, but for my pets as well. One of my best mantra's - "Extremes are almost never the answer". Another best mantra: Cruel treatment of animals leads to cruel treatment of humans. And yes, we can absolutely drink milk and eat eggs, butter and cheese from happy farm animals. I know - I've personally collected from and cared for the happy animals, who are literally wagging tails and feathers while I do it. I refuse to support the unhappy farms. I well know what both look like. Back to our best roots, kudos to Mr. Pollan, and marvelous ideas below as well.

[@Gustavo-Santana]

Wise words thanks so much for the commentary, rly insightful!

[@debbimorgon2988]

Why should we drink cows milk? It’s meant for the baby cow. Babies get their milk from their mother. Eggs hatch baby chickens why should we eat them? Studies show you can stop and restart cancer by stopping and restarting foods from animals. But what the heck, cancer isn’t very common and you can always get chemotherapy.

[@Bubbaluv8]

​@@debbimorgon2988 My comment was worded intelligently, respectfully, genuinely, and factually. I have no clue why you feel the need to reply with sarcasm or rudeness. If avoiding eggs and cows milk leads to bitterness and sarcasm - I'll stick with my quiche. Milk and eggs were staples of the human diet for all of recorded human history - thousands of years before cancer became so prevalent. The hormones, chemicals, and pesticides being added to animal and other products is definitely new - and high among the factors contributing to the extreme rise in cancer. The long history of milk, eggs, cheese and butter *does not* parallel the known history of cancer. The modern history of chemicals and pesticides polluting our environment and food absolutely *does* parallel the modern rise in cancer. Is your comment out of concern for health? Then by all means avoid milk and eggs if you believe they're the problem. Do you care about animals? I've personally cared for and paid for the health and well being of hundreds of happy farm animals - who I see and know - for decades. How many farm animals are you personally keeping healthy and happy? Directly supporting good farms is supporting happy animals. Good health to you, you can state your case without rudeness, please learn to be kinder.

[@Bubbaluv8]

@@Gustavo-Santana Thank you Gustavo!

[@johnzackarias11]

I appreciate you for what you're doing, but can you humanely, and in good conscience, slaughter an animal when it doesn't want to die?

[@deadmanswife3625]

I have a Twinkie that's 12 years old it looks perfectly fresh I'll get around to eating it someday

[@dor2858]

That is so well described and so smart. I live in Israel, where people from the middle east, europe and africa came to this tiny land and living multiculturally. The people that ate most traditionally are yemenites and arab israelis, and they both have the highest life expectancy in the country despite being poor(on avarage) and even sometimes discriminated against.

[@wwaaaaeekk]

Notably missing in the comparison of Western vs. traditional diets is a discussion about sedentary vs. active lifestyle. I kept waiting for this to be brought up but it never did for some reason. All those traditional hunter societies feature an incredible amount of daily physical activity while the Western daily pattern of moving between different chairs throughout the day also directly affects obesity, heart disease, and diabetes. Good talk though, he's a great speaker.

[@cheezheadz3928]

Did you overlook the the title? "Food rules..."

[@RossSlade-rjslade]

Make your own yoghurt! It is so cheap, easy and delicious - and healthy :-) Start with actually buying some natural yoghurt - one with no sugar and does contain lactobacillus. Heat fresh milk (not UHT stuff) to just under boiling, (180F) leave it at that temperature for 15-30 mins. Cool it to around 110F if you have a thermometer, add and stir around 3 tbsp of the yoghurt, wrap in blankets with a couple of hot water bottles, let it sit keeping warm and still for 7-8 hours. It will look solid with yellow-green fluid on top, Either spoon some of that off for the dog, who loves it, or stir, put in fridge overnight, and enjoy!! (Sarah Slade)

[@ToryKlementsen]

I know this was two years ago, but I could not agree more! I make mine every week and eat some every night. If you have an Instantpot or crock pot you can use that to do it as well. Nothing better and way cheaper than buying high quality yogurt!

[@lilmisspeace]

I use organic UHT milk and add 100-200 grams of powdered milk to make it thicker 😍

[@yeleddab]

Why should we as adults, consume a food that is for growing animal babies? The only species that does this, the only species with so much disease.

[@keerthibr7694]

This is the ritual that mothers in India follow at the end of the day so that they have fresh yogurt for the next day.I was surprised to see yogurt in packets when I came to US first.

[@charlielang2200]

Cow Milk products are clearly not good for the human body, not even self-made Yoghurt though it’s much better than sugar laden fruit yoghurts. Really healthy and also pro-biotic are those made of soy milk and/or nut milks such as almond milk. If you want to make it yourself, follow same process as for self-made yoghurts, by replacing cow milk with vegan milk

[@wadepatton2433]

"Medicalize" = "monetize" for the capitalist. Excellent program, and I have already broken free of "Westernized" eating, and better already.

[@ebey1525]

I completely agree with the way you’re thinking about the juxtaposition between disparity and production. The next questions follow then, though: Do we want to condemn people to making below a living wage for backbreaking now industrialized work that exposes them to insane amounts of pesticides and other biochemicals? Wouldn’t a better solution be to incentivize a more sustainable system of food production to begin with? Surely this would attract a new generation of farmers in and of itself.

[@defetusattitude3612]

He is a modern day savior.

[@livelongenoughtoliveforeve1114]

if you are looking for a saviour listen to Aubrey de grey

[@mistiinseattle]

These videos are tremendously helpful to me, as I am trying to learn everything I can about good nutrition. Thanks so much!

[@devilsenvy13]

I love this man! Wonderful work!

[@mattpcable]

I like the fact he's great at talking about food so poignant, and his surname is Pollan! Awesome Thanks Michael.

[@lani0]

Waiting for his book on allergies

[@meme3954]

Great speech. People should also take their time eating and chew their food well. People are in a rush to eat because of their busy schedules. This also increases cortisol when contributes to weight gain. GMO corn seeds contain roundup which is proven as a carcinogen. Not to mention GMOs are illegal in a lot of countries. More people are starting to grow their own food because they don't trust commercial food products.

[@kathleankeesler1639]

Thank you Michael.

[@xNickTheBrickx]

I think the major take away message from this speech could be that one of the main impacts of foods is its psychological impact, which is actually the most useful and efficacious and actually one of the most profound effects of food . Moreover, simple tips like balanced wholesome meals and not eating till fullness.... just getting back to basics.

[@PinkQuestion-em4yc]

He has answered the questions now, you guys should check the latests video 2016, what a brilliant work

[@denisenj7648]

"It's ok to be hungry.". Hunger is normal, not an emergency . If you are every time you were hungry you'd be eating all the time. Hunger helped early humans eat as much as they could as often as they could. Today, you aren't gonna die if you wait until dinner rather than eat on the bus ride home.

[@OutragedPufferfish]

I like hamburgers

[@annellacannella5674]

Do you like green eggs and ham? Will you eat them here or there?

[@wendi2819]

I typically can't watch an entire academic lecture because the prof. is typically a little bland and stiff. But this fellow is very engaging. Great lecture!!!! Back to basics. I miss my grandmother wonderful home cooking!

[@winewoman224]

If you feel that you need to have someone to tell you what to eat or how to eat you're already lost. The medical community is the last place to find out about your health. You are connected to the world through your body and your senses- to be healthy is to be in touch with the world.

[@JobvanderZwan]

@T3mporal: if anything this guy is pro-science. He's not falling in the fallacy of "science is wrong because it's changing", he's saying nutritional science isn't ready for drawing the conclusions we're drawing right now.

[@annajanuary]

Unlike smoking, People MUST EAT! So take back control of your eating. Make balanced home cooked meals that are low in salt, sugar and fat. Eat a pound of vegetables a day from food that is well grown. Buy Organic or R.G.B.H. free Milk from cows that have not been shot up with growth hormones and that are grass feed. Grass feed beef and grass fed chickens. Animals eating grass in a pasture have benefits. Make a decision to be a conscious eater.

[@r_unner_G]

Like this guy.

[@MCapo-kb9bx]

It is so simple.....we are our own doctors and the medicine is the food we eat. of course there`s no money in prevention. it`s all in the treatment.

[@TruthInjector]

The points made are really a mixture of valid and jumbled. For one thing most people did not turn to low fat they continued to give into Ronald McDonald. Also is pure weight the test, many American males are dedicated to increasing muscle mass, which increases weight whilst increasing health, generally. Also people didn't voluntarily choose to take more sugar, those who saw the need to reduce fat, they were tricked into it by food fabricators. Low fat was on the label but high sugar not.

[@mortem-tyrannis]

Eating is supposed to be about substance, just giving your body enough to function to fullfil the works of the day. Unfortunately we focus on all the wrong things in life these days.

[@kentown402]

When one explains his point with using few words shows his wisdom on the matter. When he resorts to long explanations tells you he is not sure himself or is trying to condition you to except his agenda. Wisdom is crying out in the streets, you just have to listen for it.

[@failingev0lution]

+Ken Town When one fragment sentences. When he resorts to a KZbin comment that seems to be derisive but does not make sense. Wisdom is crying out in the internet, you just have to listen for it.

[@Macro-Mark]

Good talk. i would like to know the data on the low fat campaign. what was the actual fat intake before, during and after? Because a campaigne doesnt neccesarilly change that. thats why i wish Mr. Pollan would have mentioned the numbers.

[@akim2442]

You should check out the work of Dr. Robert Lustig, pediatric endochrinologist at UCSF. He has some famous videos about sugar and fat intake, and why American health is so awful. Lustig and Pollan have collaborated before His most famous video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnPRn5yrlptgpa8 (at ~32 minutes he shows the data of food intake) Followup Lecture: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZapqnlvpd1lZrs (he shows really good data at 40:50 about secular trends)

[@FunnyVideos970]

If you read his books, he goes more in-depth with his research :)

[@mechissegovia8179]

this guy is amazing

[@coreydockery1426]

food should be eaten for fuel not to get sleepy

[@jacquiknapp9113]

So inspirational! The way the system functions is failing us all, GMOs have not improved the food chain for the needs of anyone. The food regulations has failed dramatically, regulating what???? The Health system in my opinion is never addressing the root causes of diseases, nor addressing the immune system! Holistic approach is frowned upon due to the mainstream system having a monopoly on the populations staying diseased ridden! The whole system is failing the whole worlds prosperity! Namaste!

[@TruthInjector]

Beta carotene rich diets have been proven to reduce lung and other cancers... even to the point that high levels of beta carotene actually have lowered the risk of lung cancer in smokers to that of a non-smoker. The body needs the vital nutrients to fight the mechanics of cancer-- but it's a complex system that includes such factors as the PH of water one drinks and the relative volume of fresh fruits and vegetables. Proper PH levels can work to block and destroy cancer.

[@Amin.Ashraf]

Need to keep in mind that lifestyle is also an important factor that can affect your health beside diet. If people from different culture with different type of diet are less likely to have "modern health condition" like diabetes or obesity, maybe we could consider that their lifestyle is the other side of the coin.

[@hbrocks]

>>>the longer the shelf-life, the shorter your life!

[@nightofcrimson13]

Very informative. Thank you for posting.

[@paulbk7810]

Required viewing and should be taught to all humans prior to age 12.

[@adaug27]

6:50 I love how the camera guy chuckles at the absurdity of a cold war between nutrients.

[@brocdoc]

got an ad for uber eats before this video

[@andrefecteau]

what's a great "real world study" is to go into 7/11...now they sell alot of junk, but curiously they do sell fruit, tuna, cheese, yogurt, smoothies etc right in the middle of the store...so given the choices go watch what people buy...it aint the middle, they loading up on the junk

[@leeboriack8054]

At first a healthy diet is kind of boring, but the benefits are huge.

[@vearheart42]

@T3mporal Marketing has a lot to do with the Psuedo-Science that is the "Health movement."

[@virginiafascetto3223]

just watch the documentary "earthlings"

[@Yash-tu5ls]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJ23gmuui5iorJo

[@priyagusain9486]

Very informative......

[@jakobtuehansen]

Agree. Eat with bevidsthed 29:13

[@soysaucy3288]

Question, where was this speech?

[@rsaorg]

Hello, it was in the Great Room here at RSA House, it has been somewhat renovated since!

[@OutragedPufferfish]

On KZbin

[@jebuschri]

I have an extra credit report on this video. My teacher has asked me to write a short paragraph on topics she picked from this video. Two of them I cant seem to figure out after watching this video twice. "2. Food Industry Efforts to Prevent release of information about food origins" the other is "3. Pollan’s statement “…the logic of industry and the logic of biology are in conflict. When that happens, biology always wins”." Does anyone know the part of the video where M.Pollan talks about food industry efforts and the part where he is quoted? I dont remember seeing him saying anything about industry and biology conflict.

[@Mechamjr88]

Ha i'm in your class man. I have no fuckin idea. Again our teacher is vague and uniforming us on what we need to do. I can find questions 2 or 3 either. I just bs'd them.

[@jebuschri]

douglas lakland I'm glad I'm not the only one who couldn't figure it out. I was about to watch it for the fourth time but after reading your comment I'm just going to give those two up. GL on the exam and your final grade!

[@PinkQuestion-em4yc]

Big companies want money and BTW the more you look the rabbit hall the more u discover that they are own by 1%, you doesn't matter were you live are still a slave. IF its on TV enough time, repeated and so own it is in fact a form of brain washing. Such example can be a relation with an abuser that tells you the same BS every day and after about 20 times (psykiatrist will argue) it starts to get on you. Examine now the relation with your TV

[@PinkQuestion-em4yc]

On the last video one can see that selfsuitanable agriculture works, the evidence is there, stay informed and always follow the money. If it is big money stay away

[@PinkQuestion-em4yc]

The best is that people might start to think with their hearts and not with the gut! You can't eat dollars, but rest assured that the ones on top knew and know this and they don't eat like the slaves. I made a long answer hope its ok, but I am very passionate about health. PS: women / men should look more at their make up and the rest of that beauty dedology I call it that you put on the skin, thooth paste with fluoride that as a matter of time makes you dumb and not helps thooth decay, distilled water the way to go. Best health

[@winewoman224]

Dear God! Who would want to try to reproduce a mother's milk?? Nursing a child is the most important thing to do for the health of your child. Your instincts are the first and last place you need for your health in combination with a knowledge of how to cook food correctly.

[@jordanjackman1537]

The Prius reverse SFX tho 😂

[@chrisocony]

I want my postbiotics now!

[@AlvaSudden]

I stopped eating fat because the pesticides and hormones applied to the plants and animals go into the animal fat. That's my story and I'm stickin with it.

[@youngkevinsmith]

Good. Talk. Take away for me. It's not what you eat it's how you e.g. at a table, with family.... also the French I have hunger, I don't have hunger vs I am full. On a separate note would have liked to hear him on the meat v no meat argument

[@deeXaeed]

What does he mean by food being fed to cars?

[@russelhanning8764]

Drive throughs like McDonald's

[@bribolon6315]

Gas is cut with ethanol which is a corn product (typically 10% ethanol)

[@brianmcg321]

Gas

[@jaydenbrumous2582]

Go to WooPep diet website page and learn how to do the diet.

[@liewecz]

true, true

[@mr.potato8270]

I like bacon

[@MaynardsSpaceship]

It's disgusting and barbaric.

[@Waltzonthemoon]

Bacon is a staple for generations!

[@KaayJaay]

Deeelish 🥓

[@Melthornal]

@T3mporal Nutritionism ISN'T a science. That is what he is saying. He isn't talking about science at all, on any level. He is talking about the danger of believing in PSEUDOscience. As in, people who use scientific terminology to express completely unscientific opinions. Things that haven't been tested, and even if they have been tested the results are irrelevant (in the minds of the nutritionists).

[@esraeloh8681]

If you're packing glucose into your system, & you're not allowing your body to use up all ingested glucose, then your body can't use any fat stores through insulin sensetive lipase, & it will in turn, pack excess glucose into, you guessed it, FAAAAAAAT Likewise if your not intaking sugars but only fats, your body automatically is in fat burning mode, although, it's more complex than that, but you get the idea.

[@OutragedPufferfish]

Too complicated for peasants like me 😩😩

[@Grazzmazzium]

@@OutragedPufferfish it's not complicated just don't eat sugary food

[@Thalapilli]

True. But just missed a practical conclusion! Stick to the food of a locale. Preferably the one into which you are born in. (Excluding the unfortunate ones who were born into a cosmopolitan culture!) Never mix foods from different cultures/region. Because the food also has got evolution. The local food and the humans in that enviro has developed together for thousands of years. You will find the checks and balances mostly unsaid and inherent in the regional foods taken together. When you mix all these are getting upset. The western (American for example) food is a mixture of food from different cultures and that is its defect!

[@leonfalco6]

not true... i have mixed parents, and am born in diffrent place from them, i can eat all food, you can mix food how much you like, am from earth and so is the rest of humanity

[@lepp6598]

No way. I'm Cajun and I like food from a lot of different places besides south Louisiana - Indian, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, Greek, Lebanese, Ethiopian, Mexican. If you can put it on a plate or in a bowl, I will try it. I eat what I like.

[@chewyjello1]

That would be a simple experiment to do. An indiginous person from one healthy culture would just need to live with a different healthy culture across the globe for a while.

[@SheenaSpeaks]

You know what's fun? Telling the difference between hungry, depressed, or bored.... WHEN TOU HAVE ALEXITHYMIA!!! I am neurodivergent as FUUUUUU.... And I have a great difficulty telling the difference between the emotions I feel, and separating out the more uncomfortable emotions. Add that to desperately needing dopamine due to ADHD, and it took finally getting diagnosed and on medication to help me be a NORMAL AMOUNT OF HUNGRY.

[@DennisBayeng]

4:12

[@sarahblaquiere3121]

I'd wager high that the Inuit don't snarf down whale and seal blubber at the same rate many Westerners do McDonald's meals...

[@ганкаиванова-д2ы]

този не знае ли български, че тръгнал да обяснява

[@Unfuckers]

sooooooooooo, what about land, resources, knowledge, machinery? We can just ignore that? damn that post was 2 years ago,lol.

[@bored_and_has_no_clue]

Out of the ones I listened to which I found inspired and were great, this one I like the least. A little too much knocking on science here. And I know Mckenna used to do it (I don't know if Pollan heard of him, but they share some philosophical ideas) but Mckenna was more convincing about it. Nutrition isn't something that I think of as a cultural practice. Fast food is our culture, it literally is our culture, and that should not guide us. Drinking beer is part of our culture, but it's a horrible idea. Comparing nutritionists to a priesthood is a horrible analogy.

[@anupamasharma8898]

You can not complete your talk without aayurveda which is the sorse of every other civilization.

[@biminij99]

3)...except for raw, local honey. :-)

[@ALPHAandOMEGA44]

Get rid of Social Programs. Get out of wars. And help people grow their own food. End the Fed, IRS, VOTE Libertarian. I agree. Nothing will change with Romney nor Obama.....just business as usual. T

[@mikeosuz]

the 5 people that disliked this are omnimorons -___-

[@JerTurowetz]

Replace food with political ideas and we're still stuck, less by our understanding of a subject and more by the shortcomings in human behavior, by this desire to create super-goods and super-bads. We need a good old fashioned species-wide brainwashing to help develop our critical thinking.

[@Yash-tu5ls]

Go Vegan - ditch the diary. Watch Earthlings, Dominion, Cowspiracy, Forks over Knives, etc.

[@Yash-tu5ls]

Eating is Not Just about Nutrition - Negative impact to Environment & Cruelty to Animals.

[@OutragedPufferfish]

@@Yash-tu5ls I agree that food isn't just about nutrition

[@brianmcg321]

No

[@KaayJaay]

Go carnivore 🍖 eat meat 🥩

[@elfootman]

Food Rules?? so simple! dont eat food that contain stuff a kid can not read. eat home grown vegies, fruits, sea food some meat, avoid soda, and processed stuff

[@cukistcrispeque]

Hah! He's using a plastic bag. #justsayin

[@debbimorgon2988]

Why should we drink cows milk? It’s meant for the baby cow. Human Babies drink their mothers milk. . Eggs hatch baby chickens, why should we eat them? Studies show you can stop and start cancer by stopping and starting foods from animals. But what the heck, Cancer isn’t very common and you can always get chemotherapy!! Best Wishes!! ❤️❤️

[@Grazzmazzium]

Eggs aren't all fertilized, plus they reduce cancer risk by 30%. Animal flesh has been eaten by humans for all of time, thinking we're herbivores is dillusional and deadly

[@deadmanswife3625]

Sugar

[@brianmcg321]

This is false. Stop lying.

[@blackyblackblack505]

These are all good ideas, but they won't work.

[@yogamanom]

We never went low fat. We went from high fat to still high fat but a little bit less. High fat is a killer in that it interferes with oxygen transport and fuel uptake. By the way, cows milk is not a human food including yogurts. Cows milk is a product of tremendous cruelty to animals. Its main protein is is very difficult for a majority of people to digest. It’s excess mucus creating besides containing growth hormones that encourage cancer and excess weight gain. Processed/pasteurized milk would not keep a healthy calf alive because it’s dead and its nutrients are damaged or destroyed by heat Basically it’s a disease causing food for humanity. If you wish to be truly healthy, what I would call paradise health, please check out the amazing book, “the 80/10/10 diet“ by Dr. Douglas Graham.

[@edithisaok580]

Bull-ogna. I'm insulin resistant. I lost my muscle mass, facial symmetry, and other forms of balance from that wackiness. Run from the plant diet.

[@OutragedPufferfish]

I just had some pork meatballs

[@deadmanswife3625]

What about sheep and goat Heidi and her grandfather did just fine on it

[@brianmcg321]

False

[@grahamebardell]

This thinking is 10 years old and out of date!

[@OutragedPufferfish]

Explain

[@OutragedPufferfish]

???