Pollan's advice is so simple, but like many simple things it can be really hard for people to follow in practice. Sometimes it seems like we are way too good at

Pollan's advice is so simple, but like many simple things it can be really hard for people to follow in practice. Sometimes it seems like we are way too good at out-smarting ourselves rather than keeping it simple. Food is really the simplest thing in the world - humans survived on this earth for tens of thousands of years before anybody knew anything about gut bacteria, vitamins, macronutrients, etcetera. I think it's best not to overthink nutrition and just try to eat good, whole foods like our ancestors ate. It also so happens that those foods are the most delicious and satisfying. I like Pollan's other principle of, "If your grandma wouldn't recognize it, don't eat it!".