Food Rules: An Eater's Manual's notes, summary and lessons

Don't eat anything your great-grandmother recognize as food.

Avoid food products that make health claims.

Avoid food you see advertised on television.

Eat only foods that have been cooked by humans.

Eating what stands on one leg is better than eating what stands on two legs, which is better than eating what stands on four legs

Sweeten and salt your food yourself.

The whiter the bread, the sooner you'll be dead.

Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.

Pay more, eat less.

Eat when you're hungry, not when you're bored.

Spend as much time enjoying the meal as it took to prepare it.

Leave something on your plate.

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.