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In defense of food [videorecording (DVD)] : an eater's manifesto / a film with Michael Pollan.

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distributed by PBS Distribution, 2016.

DVD 613 P771i Doc

Diet in disease.

Food industry and trade.

[videorecording (DVD)] :

1 videodisc (120 min.) : Dolby digital stereo. sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 12 cm.

Based on the #1 New York Times bestseller by Michael Pollan.

Videodisc release of the made-for-TV documentary as seen on PBS in 2015.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Introduction -- The Western diet -- Too much sugar -- Lessons from nature -- What can we do? -- The low fat campaign -- A food desert blooms -- Mostly plants -- Longest living Americans -- Our microscopic partners -- Not too much -- Secrets of the buffet line -- Soda politics -- The French paradox -- Conclusion.

Kikim Media ; KQED ; PBS ; story consultant, Michael Pollan. ; producer and director, Michael Schwarz ; producer and telescript, Edward Gray ; executive producer, Kiki Kapany.

Narrator, Michael Pollan ; commentators, David Jacobs, Bruce German, David Mills, Walter Willett, Paul Rozin, Claude Fischler.

"Join best-selling author Michael Pollan (Food Rules, The Botany of Desire) on a fascinating journey to answer the question: What should I eat to be healthy? Cutting through confusion and busting myths and misconceptions, In Defense of Food shows how common sense and old-fashioned wisdom can help us rediscover the pleasures of eating and avoid the chronic diseases so often associated with the modern diet. Pollan's journey of discovery takes him from the plains of Tanzania, where one of the world's last remaining tribes of hunter-gatherers still eats the way our ancestors did, to Loma Linda, California, where a group of Seventh Day Adventist vegetarians live longer than almost anyone else on earth, and eventually to Paris, where the French diet, rooted in culture and tradition, proves surprisingly healthy. Along the way he shows how a combination of faulty nutrition science and deceptive marketing practices have encouraged us to replace real food with scientifically engineered "food-like substances." And he explains why the solution to our dietary woes is in fact remarkably simple: Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants. "--Container.

Documentary films.

Documentary television programs.

Educational television programs.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Pollan, Michael. In defense of food.

Schwarz, Michael, 1953-2019.

Pollan, Michael.

KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.).

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.).

PBS Distribution (Firm)

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