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Michael Pollan, the bestselling author of "In Defense of Food" and "The Omnivore's Dilemma," has a new book out which is basically a guide to his food philosophy. Called "Food Rules: An Eater's Manual," it contains 64 rules for eating wisely.

Slashfood: How did you come about the idea for this book?
MP: I got the idea from a couple of doctors after "In Defense of Food" came out. They were saying they would love to have a pamphlet of very simple, memorable rules to help out patients. We don't have time to give them a big nutritional lecture, and they don't need to know all the science behind it but they do need some guidance. People are very confused about what to eat. I thought that kind of chimed with the work I was doing, leading to the conclusion that nutrition was a lot simpler than people have been led to believe both by the media, the government, the food industry and this whole blizzard of health claims out there and this controversy over fats and carbs was really obscuring some pretty simple truths. "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." So the rules help people navigate the supermarket, navigate the restaurant menu and navigate their own kitchens.

Read the rest of our interview and get a sneak peek into Michael Pollan's new book, "Food Rules."