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In Defense of Food

2015 · 1h 57m · Documentary · United States of America · Rated L (BR)

Why is it so difficult to eat right?

In Defense of Food tackles a question more and more people around the world have been asking: What should I eat to be healthy? Based on award-winning journalist Michael Pollan's best-selling book, the program explores how the modern diet has been making us sick and what we can do to change it.

Directed by
Michael Schwarz
Written by
Edward Gray
Starring
Michael Pollan, David Kessler, David Ludwig, Paul Rozin
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