Michael Pollan Quotes

Read labels in your favorite products. Look for short lists of simple, less-processed ingredients with names you recognize as food. If you find some of the same ingredients in your cereal as your shampoo, maybe it's time to switch to something simpler.

Avoid food products containing ingredients that are A) unfamiliar B) unpronounceable C) more than five in number or that include D) high-fructose corn syrup

The growing attention Americans are paying to what they put into their mouths has touched off a new scramble by the processed-food companies to address health concerns.

I think you've got to keep it simple, keep it fresh. Stay away from all that processed stuff, read the labels.

I don't need the fillers, additives, excessive amounts of sugars, fats, salts and other measures taken to taint the natural goodness of real food.

For the most part, I try to stay away from high fructose corn syrup and citric acid.

I want to feed my kid something that is real and not processed. It's hard to do. People are working and busy. The question is: Is it worth it? Is it worth stopping at the farm stand or supermarket to buy fresh ingredients?

There is really no room in any healthy diet for trans fat, artificial sweeteners, and artificial colors in food.

Just know what's inside your food.

I won't eat frozen food and I like to know where my food has come from. I don't like anything going in my body that's from a packet. I used to eat microwave ready meals, because we were so busy, but now I like to eat clean.

Just because it says 'zero calories' or 'sugar free' or 'fat free' doesn't mean it actually is good for you. It's a way to get you. Just make sure that you know. We think that we can put stuff in our body. Just know how it affects you.

I'm on the road a lot, but I eat healthy whenever I can with foods that don't contain pesticides.

Eat foods made from ingredients that you can picture in their raw state or growing in nature.

Avoid food products with more than five ingredients; with ingredients you can't pronounce.

The real food is not being advertised.

Don't eat processed food, refined food but rather organic food from the earth - nothing with genetically - modified ingredients.

I enjoy a good meal as much as anyone, but I get so confused by nutritional, budgetary, ecological, ethical, aesthetic, and time-management concerns that I often subsist for weeks on instant oatmeal and multivitamins.

I'm not as conscious as I should be about my diet and eating a healthy balance of fruit and vegetables because I do so much exercise. However, I love good grilled fish and Mediterranean/Middle-Eastern salads.

I love the challenge of thinking about how we might approach a bowl of cereal. People are getting so involved in foodie culture and becoming more educated about their food, and yet it can be really simple to do something that's so good for you.

Junk food was never allowed at home, and personally too, there is no love for aerated drinks.

I avoid processed food.

I eat like a child! Oh my God. It's terrible. My child eats way healthier than me! She loves the veggies. She doesn't like packaged sweets.

I eat on time and am strictly against oily and fried foods.

I cannot keep myself to a particular diet. I eat what I want, when I want and try to keep it as healthy as I can.

I watch my diet and I eat right, but I am not on a strict diet.