FOOD RULES - RULE #10

from "Food Rules: An Eater's Guide," by Michael Pollan

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PART I: What Should I Eat?

(Eat food.)

RULE #10 - Avoid foods that are pretending to be something they are not.

Imitation butter - a.k.a. margarine - is the classic example. To make something like nonfat cream cheese that contains neither cream nor cheese requires an extreme degree of processing; such products should be labeled as imitations and avoided. The same rule applies to soy-based mock meats, artificial sweeteners, and fake fats and starches.

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"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."