Michael Pollan, the author of “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” – on my list for one of the best ten books read this year – wrote an article for the New York Times Magazine that tried to distill what nutrition science had learned these past few decades. It had one of the best leads to an essay I’ve ever read. Here are seven words that tell you what you need to know about what to eat:
“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
