Democracy Now! Monday, February 8, 2010

Today's Headlines

• G7 Nations Pledge to Forgive Haiti’s Debt
• One Million Remain Homeless in Haiti
• 20,000 Jobs Eliminated in January; Unemployment Rate Decreases
• Goldman Sachs CEO Receives $9 Million Bonus
• Regulators Probe Goldman Sachs Role in Collapse of AIG
• Laura Chinchilla Elected President of Costa Rica
• Two International Solidarity Movement Activists Arrested in West Bank
• Israel Blocks Palestinian Geographer from Traveling Abroad
• Iran Pledges to Build 10 New Uranium Enrichment Facilities in Next Year
• Iran Arrests Seven Linked to US-Funded Radio Farda
• At Least Five Workers Die at Power Plant Explosion in Conn.
• Mitch Landrieu Wins New Orleans Mayoral Election
• Canada Blocks Olympic Critic from Entering Country

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  Michael Pollan on “Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual”

  Michael Pollan, the author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food, discusses the link between healthcare and diet, the dangers of processed foods, the power of the meat industry lobby, the “nutritional-industrial complex,” the impact industrial agriculture has on global warming, and his sixty-four rules for eating. “The markets are full of what I call edible food-like substances that you have to avoid,” says Michael Pollan. “So a lot of the rules are to help you, you know, navigate that now very treacherous landscape of the American supermarket.” Today we air an excerpt of the Oscar-nominated documentary Food, Inc. and then spend the rest of the show with Michael Pollan. [includes rush transcript]