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You know what a lima bean does when it's attacked by spider mites? It releases this volatile chemical that goes out into the world and summons another species of mite that comes in and attacks the spider mite, defending the lima bean. So what plants have - while we have consciousness, toolmaking, language, they have biochemistry.
— Michael Pollan
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Eat a wide variety of species.
— Michael Pollan
Tags: species, variety, wide, eat
For many of us, eating has surprisingly little to do with hunger. We eat out of boredom, for entertainment, to comfort or reward ourselves. Try to be aware of why you're eating, and ask yourself if you're really hungry - before you eat and then again along the way.
— Michael Pollan
Tags: way, eating, yourself, you
Shop the peripheries of the supermarket; stay out of the middle.
— Michael Pollan
Tags: shop, middle, out, stay
I don't think of myself as a spiritual person.
— Michael Pollan
Tags: person, think, spiritual, myself
We spend our lives in front of screens, and cooking is one of the best antidotes.
— Michael Pollan
Tags: front, our, cooking, best
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