Michael Pollan Quotes

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.

I try not to eat processed foods, well, ever. If it comes from a lab or a factory, I don't want it.

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

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.

Honestly, I'll take a little lard over the 20 chemicals and ingredients I can't pronounce in some store-bought tortillas.

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.

The best advice is to avoid foods with health claims on the label, or better yet avoid foods with labels in the first place.

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

Anything out of a packet is off-limits. Copyright that: the No Packet Diet. I just prefer fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, and fresh protein.

I try to eat food that hasn't been washed in ammonia and then packaged in the shape of breaded dinosaurs filled with cheese - even though those are very tasty. I like to eat food that can actually make it through the 20-plus feet of my small intestine.

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.

People want real food. The demand for it is through the roof.

I avoid processed food.

I am extremely active and conscious of not eating any processed foods.

If it grows on a plant, it's healthy. If it's made in a plant, don't eat it.

Don't eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food.

I'm allergic to chemicals in food so I eat only organic foods.

I eat really clean and really simple: brown rice, a quinoa bowl, grilled fish, veggies, a big salad.

Everyone knows what crappy food is: high grease, high fat... or what clean eating is. They just make excuses not to do it.

In general, I like healthy foods. Everything that's natural and clean.

My diet is very kale-heavy. It's so nutrient-dense. I stay away from fake processed stuff.

Mid-afternoon, I snack on Greek yogurt with nuts or a green juice from Juice Press.

I believe in good, honest food. That's always been my ethos.

I'm into eating whole foods.