In Defense of Food
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In Defense of Food

"Why is it so difficult to eat right?"

In Defense of Food tackles a question more and more people around the world have been asking: What should I eat to be healthy? Based on award-winning journalist Michael Pollan's best-selling book, the program explores how the modern diet has been making us sick and what we can do to change it.

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Cast

  • Michael Pollan
    Michael Pollan
    Narrator and Story Consultant
  • David Kessler
    Self
  • David Ludwig
    Self
  • Paul Rozin
    Self
  • Stanley Hazen, M.D.
    Self
  • Brian Wansink M.D.
    Self
  • Marion Nestle
    Self
  • Michael Bloomberg
    Michael Bloomberg
    Self
  • Thomas Farley, M.D.
    Self

Crew

  • Michael Schwarz
    Producer
  • Michael Schwarz
    Director
  • Vicente Franco
    Director of Photography
  • Edward Gray
    Writer
  • Edward Gray
    Producer
  • Michael Pollan
    Michael Pollan
    Conductor
  • Ekin Akalin
    Animation
  • Christopher Hedge
    Score Engineer
  • Jessica Van Rheenen
    Associate Producer
  • Alyn Divine
    Post Production Supervisor
  • Ray Day
    Sound Recordist
  • Emily Taguchi
    Coordinating Producer
  • Rhonda Collins
    Editor
  • Gail Huddleson
    Editor

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