Michael Pollan Quotes

The virus altered the the eye of the beholder. That this change came at the expense of the beheld suggests that beauty in nature does not necessarily bespeak health, nor necessarily redound to the benefit of the beautiful.

Michael Pollan

For great many species today, “fitness” means the ability to get along in a world in which humankind has become the most powerful evolutionary force.

Michael Pollan

A growing body of research suggests that many of the health problems associated with eating beef are really problems with corn-fed beef.

Michael Pollan

Reversing the historical trajectory of human eating, for this meal the forest would be feeding us again.

Michael Pollan

My native tense is future conditional, a low simmer of unspecified worry being the usual condition.

Michael Pollan

He showed the words “chocolate cake” to a group of Americans and recorded their word associations. “Guilt” was the top response. If that strikes you as unexceptional, consider the response of French eaters to the same prompt: “celebration.

Michael Pollan