Premieres December 30
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." With that seven-word maxim, US-based journalist Michael Pollan distills a careers worth of reporting into a prescription for reversing the damage being done to peoples health by todays industrially driven Western diet. In Defense of Food debunks the daily media barrage of conflicting claims about nutrition. Traveling the globe and the supermarket aisles
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Web Extra: A Treacherous Landscape
How to tell the difference between foods that are healthy and those that just claim to be.
Web Extra: Carmen’s Veggie Delight
Carmen Sabaté shows the secrets to making a delicious vegetarian dinner.
Can a breakfast food made in an LA kitchen go national without artificial preservatives?
Thomas Bjorkman is using science to deliver a much fresher broccoli to your table.
The Government's Role in Our Food System
Government policies already play a big role in shaping our diet. Should they be tweaked?
Redesigning the Lunch Line & Buffet
See me, eat me: how the order in which we see foods plays a big part in what we choose to
An 11 year-old boy who's gained weight decides to do something about it—and succeeds.
Dr. Kellogg and the Crusade Against Protein
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg vilified protein and prescribed bizarre treatments to fight it.
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