Michael Pollan has written a reflective and thought-provoking article about food that is entitled ‘Rules to Eat By’. It seems buying foodstuff nowadays becomes a complicated task if you are conscious with your health.

Have you tried buying groceries and ended up confused? It is the same item but different brands with different nutrition facts. You only want to buy a box of milk but your option ranges from non-fat milk, low-fat milk, and so on. Eventually you will pick each brand of low-fat milk, read its nutrition fact and evaluate which one is superior?

It is indeed quite a common scenario for us, right? But Michael Pollan raises an insightful question as how did humans manage to choose food and stay healthy and fit before? It is true. We have all the experts nowadays that can guide us through in choosing the right and proper foods which deem to be good for our health. Nonetheless, in this era we struggle to keep ourselves healthy and fit.

So does the nutrition fact in your sandwich spread still affect you? Michael Pollan’s article reminds us that we should be smart in our food choices as we cannot entirely rely on the nutritional facts that we read in the food labels.

You can read the full article from NYTimes.com - The Food Issue ‘Rules to Eat By‘