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The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
A. J. Jacobs
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A. J. Jacobs
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: March 20
Journalist
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New York City
New York
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I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you'll lead a very dull life.
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I've never before been so aware of the thousands of little good things, the thousands of things that go right every day.
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My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It's like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.
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When I went to Israel, it was a little disorienting, because there are so many people who look crazy and were dressed like me. There, I was just one of the apocalyptic crowd.
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I am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
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