The SuperMom101 Show Blog: Food Rules by Michael Pollan

January 15, 2010

Food Rules by Michael Pollan

Picked up Michael Pollan's new book - Food Rules. It's a simple reminder to keep on "doing what I'm doing." Suggest anyone who is interested in the Western diet and our diseases take a peek.

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Favorite Quotes

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. - Winston Churchill

He who controls the food supply...controls the people.

-Henry Kissinger

It's a rare person who has both time and money. - A wise gentleman in a restaurant

The Declaration of Independence doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. - Attributed to Benjamin Franklin

To make a small decision - use your mind. To make a large decision - use your heart. - A friend

Your health is your wealth and cheap food can be awfully expensive. - SuperMom101 (and an Irish expression)

A brother may not always be a friend but a friend will always be a brother. - Ben Franklin

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.

-T Shirt

More Favorite Quotes

Talent is God given. Be humble.

Fame is man-given. Be grateful.

Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

-John Wooden

Never eat anything you've ever seen advertised. - Michael Pollan

If you need to get something done...give it to someone who is busy. - A former work colleague

Small child - small problems

Big child - big problems

-Betty (friend's mom)

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. - Mark Twain

We give our children roots and we give them wings.

-Anonymous

Be the change you want to see in the world. - Gandi

Be kind
Be careful
Be yourself
-As seen on the back of a semi-trailer truck

Idle hands are the devil's workshop - Anonymous

We don't talk about other families because next week it could be us but by the grace of God. - My mom

Work smarter...not harder. - My dad

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. - Benjamin Franklin

Don't say you can't do something just because it's new, difficult, or a challenge. Say, "I can't do it YET!" - First grade teacher

Early to bed. Early to rise. Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. - Ben Fraklin

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. - Dr. Seuss

If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don't. -Michael Pollan

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. -Thomas Jefferson

If you are what you eat...are you cheap, fast and easy? -Bumper Sticker

Well done is better than well said. - Ben Franklin

Don't confuse kindness for weakness. - Supermom101's husband

Your health is your wealth. - Irish expression

Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.
- Hippoctrates

To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals. - Ben Franklin

A mom is only as happy as her unhappiest child. - A Friend

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. - Tee Shirt

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. - Jewish Proverb

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. - Thomas Jefferson