Michael Pollan: Conscious Eating

Oprah's Super Soul

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4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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New York Times best-selling author and food expert Michael Pollan discusses our evolving relationship with food, what it means to eat with a fuller consciousness and how having a heightened awareness of the food that goes into our bodies can improve our physical and spiritual well-being. Michael says that food is an important link to other people, from those we dine with to those who produce what we eat. In light of that connection, Michael says mealtime is an opportunity to express what we believe in and learn about others' values as well. He says his awakening about the deeper meaning of food came about in the garden, a place he says has taught him many life lessons. Michael was named one of Newsweek magazine's Top 10 "New Thought Leaders" and Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World."

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0:00.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of
0:07.5	the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.
0:16.1	Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right
0:23.1	now.
0:24.7	One of the world's foremost food experts, Michael Pollan, challenges us to really look
0:29.5	at the things we so often overlook, like the food on our plates or the plants that surround
0:35.0	us.
0:36.0	A master of unlocking the mysteries of nature, Michael has written seven books, including
0:41.2	five New York Times bestsellers. He's also been named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most
0:47.2	Influential People in the World. His brilliant 2006 work, The Omnivores Delima, opened our
0:53.1	eyes in a whole new way. Michael looked at four meals and asked one simple question, where
0:59.0	exactly does our food come from?
1:02.2	From the elegant simplicity of food rules to the spiritual journey of his latest book
1:06.9	cooked, stepping into Michael's mind, you won't look at your food the same way again.
1:11.3	Okay, so your journalist, your author, your professor, and activist who's, you know,
1:17.9	now the voice when it comes to conscious eating.
1:21.2	Did you set out for that?
1:23.4	No, no.
1:24.4	Because you really started out as a nature writer, right?
1:26.4	Yeah, and I still am. I mean, food is very much about nature. And I think if you care
1:30.7	a lot about nature and our engagement with the natural world, sooner or later you've
1:34.8	got to take account of agriculture because we affect nature more through our eating choices
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