In this video, Michael Pollan discusses how Americans have come to view food through the lens of nutritionism, valuing the act eating only as seen from the health perspective. As Michael aptly reminds us, there are a number of other compelling reasons for eating whole foods.

This is part two of a four part video series produced by Cooking Up A Story. View part one here.

This video is in thanks to Ecotrust's partnership with a local film company that produces Cooking Up A Story, a show about real people and their special connections to food and sustainable living. Cooking Up A Story’s work is shot unscripted, and the stories are told in the voice of the subject.