
In Defense of Food
2015 · Movie · 115 min · ★ 7.5
"Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants." With those seven words, journalist Michael Pollan distills a career's worth of reporting into a prescription for reversing the damage being done to people's health by today's industrially-driven Western diet. Pollan offers a clear answer to one of the most urgent questions of our time: What should I eat to be healthy?
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Details
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-12-30
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 115 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (25 votes)
Themes
- diet
- healthy eating
Cast & crew

Michael Pollan
as Narrator and Story Consultant
- DK
David Kessler
as Self
- DL
David Ludwig
as Self
- PR
Paul Rozin
as Self
- SM
Stanley Hazen, M.D.
as Self
- BM
Brian Wansink M.D.
as Self
- MN
Marion Nestle
as Self

Michael Bloomberg
as Self
- TM
Thomas Farley, M.D.
as Self
Directed by Michael Schwarz