Idle State

Although "In Defense Of Food" is a quick read - Pollan gives some deeply compelling reasons why the Science of Nutritionism is mostly pointless - and why diets of Westerner's have deteriorated to the point where Obesity, Heart and other Diseases including diabetes are becoming something of an inevitability.

But the most interesting part, for me, was the premise that having a love affair with food, it's creation, preparation and the social aspects of eating had given way to an obsession for having a "healthy" diet by counting nutrients and calories or having processed food, requiring little preparation, in front of the television. So we have lost our connection with our food. Hear hear.

Reminds me of a time I was at dinner at an unlicensed restaurant in Sydney with a friend from France who exclaimed: "I can't believe we are having dinner without wine!"

A very interesting read.