“You are what you eat,” a phrase that has become common in today’s lexicon, actually came into being in the nineteenth century. In 1825, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, a French lawyer, magistrate, and politician, published The Physiology of Taste: Or, Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy, in which he wrote, “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.”F61.1
Over time, Monsieur Brillat-Savarin’s treatise on cooking and eating has become a bible for foodies, and his phrase, in its shorter form, has become a slogan for dieticians.
Brillat-Savarin’s modern counterpart, food guru Michael Pollan, the author of the bestselling Omnivore’s Dilemma, Food Rules and In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, has created a slogan with similar advice: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”F61.2
Just as food intake influences our physical beings, it also influences our presentations. Here are ten tips for you to keep in mind when you present:
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