TIPS from POLLAN: Selecting healthy food and learning how to cook it are both important.

 Pollan offers some simple, yet practical, tips for eating well and staying healthy:

Tip 1: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” In other words, says Pollan, only eat "real food" or things your great-grandparents would recognize as food. Make fruit and vegetables your main source of food and limit your meat intake. And when you eat, says Pollan, do so in moderation. He quotes the Okinawan people of Japan who have an expression: “He
ra Hachi Bu: eat until you are 80% full.”

Tip 2: “Get out of the supermarket whenever possible.’’ Shopping for meat or dairy products at the market is probably okay, but a supermarket is also full of items like instant noodles, diet sodas, and similar products—the ones that aren't good for us. Instead, try to shop at a farmers' market or a local store when you can. The food there is fresher and healthier. 

Tip 3: Pollan says that eating is not only about physical health and nutrition. "Food is also about pleasure, about community and family." In other words, choosing the right food to eat is only the first step. Learning how to cook and sharing a meal with others are also important parts of eating well and being healthy