In Defense of Food
“Why is it so difficult to eat right?”
2015•1h 57m•7.5•Released
Documentary
In Defense of Food tackles a question more and more people around the world have been asking: What should I eat to be healthy? Based on award-winning journalist Michael Pollan's best-selling book, the program explores how the modern diet has been making us sick and what we can do to change it.
Director
Michael Schwarz
Writer
Edward Gray
Languages
English
Studio
KQED
Cast
Michael Pollan
Narrator and Story Consultant
David Kessler
Self
David Ludwig
Self
Paul Rozin
Self
Stanley Hazen, M.D.
Self
Brian Wansink M.D.
Self
Marion Nestle
Self
Michael Bloomberg
Self
Thomas Farley, M.D.
Self
Production
Company
KQED
Producer
Edward Gray
Producer
Michael Schwarz
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