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1:35
Michael Pollan explores a cure for today’s industrially driven Western diet.
Calorie Conveyor Belt
3:00
Learn how the food industry exploits our cravings for salt, sugar and fat.
A Food Desert Blooms
3:27
In the South Bronx, where healthy food is hard to find, kids are growing it themselves.
Michael Pollan’s Seven Words
3:08
The path to a healthier diet is really very simple. Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
The Healthy Fats We Need
3:21
The modern diet tends to be deficient in a class of healthy fats called Omega-3s.
Too Much Sugar
3:25
The most harmful aspect of the modern diet may be that it floods our bodies with sugar.
Lessons From Nature
3:38
People everywhere have constructed healthy diets from foods they get from nature.
The Secrets of Fiber
3:24
Africans tend to eat a lot more fiber than African-Americans, and have less colon cancer.
Food Fads
5:12
How food manufacturers cash in with products they say contain the magic keys to health.
Web Extra: Carmen’s Veggie Delight
2:27
Carmen Sabaté shows the secrets to making a delicious vegetarian dinner.
Web Extra: Broccoli Man
4:17
Thomas Bjorkman is using science to deliver a much fresher broccoli to your table.
Web Extra: Zen Monkey
3:11
Can a breakfast food made in an LA kitchen go national without artificial preservatives?
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