Cross posted at The Expatriate's Kitchen

I've been reading Michael Pollan's new book, In Defense of Food. About fifty pages in, I got a jolt to the memory. Have you ever stumbled onto an old to-do list and found a couple important things you still hadn't done? Just like that.

The first section of the book describes nutritionism, the blend of science and food industry efforts that have gotten us lost as eaters. The primary example he was using to explain this theory was the rise and fall of trans-fats and the resulting "low fat" diet era.