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Major deja-vu moment for me. I've been carrying that headline around (as a quote) for a few months at least as an expression of a sentiment I've had for years, and thought I've seen it in a few places (and on HN), yet Google only shows me this blog as a source (which obviously isn't possible and almost feels like gaslighting). Does someone have an older reference for this?


I (the author) and another person independently thought of it in the comments of an article a couple months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25501263


The quote is based on one from Michael Pollan’s book In Defense of Food, around 2007. The original is "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants." It’s been reworded into at least a few things since then.




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