Penguin Books Australia

Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, by Michael Pollan, internationally bestselling author of In Defence of Food.

For thousands of years, humans have eaten well and stayed healthy without nutritional scientists or even knowing what an antioxidant is.

So which of the modern world's hundreds of rules do we actually need?

Eat Food,
Not too much,
Mainly plants.

Seven simple words of plain English. In Food Rules, internationally acclaimed journalist Michael Pollan gives us straightforward and invaluable rules from these seven words for day-to-day living, such as avoiding food advertised on TV or that your recent ancestors wouldn't recognize. These rules are simply designed to help you eat real food in reasonable amounts.

Phrased in everyday language and collected from grandmothers, folk wisdom, science and common sense from around the world, this book is all you need to eat healthily, dine happily and live well.