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title: Words of Wisdom from Michael Pollan
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[![Michael Pollan](http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1366396171p5/2121.jpg)

](http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3100234)Author and ethno-botanist Michael Pollan“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
― [Michael Pollan](http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2121.Michael_Pollan),  _[In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto](http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3100234)_

“Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.”
― [Michael Pollan](http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2121.Michael_Pollan)

“You are what what you eat eats.”
― [Michael Pollan](http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2121.Michael_Pollan),  _[In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto](http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3100234)_

“What an extraordinary achievement for a civilization: to have developed the one diet that reliably makes its people sick!”
― [Michael Pollan](http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2121.Michael_Pollan),  _[Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual](http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/7261546)_

“If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t. ”
― [Michael Pollan](http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2121.Michael_Pollan)

“For a product to carry a health claim on its package, it must first have a package, so right off the bat it’s more likely to be processed rather than a whole food.”
― [Michael Pollan](http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2121.Michael_Pollan),  _[Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual](http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/7261546)_

“There are scores of studies demonstrating that a diet rich in vegetables and fruits reduces the risk of dying from all the Western diseases; in countries where people eat a pound or more of vegetables and fruits a day, the rate of cancer is half what is in the United States.”
― [Michael Pollan](http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2121.Michael_Pollan)

If you are unfamiliar with ethno-botanist Michael Pollan from his many books, TED talks, or other writings, here’s a compilation of even [more Michael Pollan quotes](http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2121.Michael_Pollan?page=1 "Michael Pollan quotes").