Michael Pollan & Food Rules

 Becky Rodriguez   

    Over the weekend I visited the website WNYC.org to listen to Leonard Lopate's interview with Michael Pollan. The interview was about Food Rules, Pollan's newest book, and the way the American food system works. Something really interesting to me was when Pollan said, "We don't need to know about antioxidants, carbohydrates and everything else because it's really about eating and knowing that nutrition is simpler than what we are led to believe."
     Even though I'm not a healthy eater myself, I know Pollan has a point. I eat some vegetables, but when I cook, my kids and my boyfriend don't like to see anything green, so I don't introduce them in my menu. They're picky. My son is satisfied with eating pizza, rice and chicken. My boyfriend, his father, is the same way. They both have Puerto Rican palettes. But my daughter, who is two, will eat anything! She came out just like me on the Dominican side. Vegetables and fruits, especially blueberries, are her thing. She loves them in pancakes. Realistically, I cannot be cooking two plates. I try to make what everybody eats to make them all happy. I know, Pollan, I know. More salad.
     My brain got so into this interview. Monday morning at 5:00am I woke up out of my beauty sleep to rewrite and add more details to my summary because my brain passed the night going and going like an Energizer Bunny, instead of relaxing. I also memorized Pollan's rule of thumb -- eat food, not too much, mostly plants -- faster than I could memorize a boyfriend's name. Yea, Pollan, this is my rule of thumb: eat food, eat more food and mostly fattening food. Oh yeah, and food that your family enjoys. LOL.