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Jul 2018
34m 16s

Michael Pollan: Conscious Eating

Oprah
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New York Times best-selling author and food expert Michael Pollan discusses our evolving relationship with food, what it means to eat with a fuller consciousness and how having a heightened awareness of the food that goes into our bodies can improve our physical and spiritual well-being. Michael says that food is an important link to other people, from those ... Show More
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