• The whiter the bread, the sooner you'll be dead
• Don't eat cereals that change the colour of milk
• Avoid foods Grandma wouldn't recognise
• If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don't
• Eat when you're hungry, not when you're bored
• Eat your colours
• Avoid long lists of ingredients
• Avoid ingredients you don't recognise
• Shop at the edges of the supermarket
• Include some pre-digested foods
• Don't overlook oily fish
• Only eat foods that eventually rot
• Avoid foods that are labelled 'low-fat
• Eat slowly
• Drink the spinach water
• Only eat foods cooked by humans
• Buy smaller plates and glasses
• Eat like the French, Japanese, Italians or Greeks
• Stop eating before you're full
• Don't refuel at the petrol station
• Try not to eat on your own
• It's not food if it has the same name in all languages
• Treat treats as treats
• Finally, break the rules once in a while

"Don't eat cereals that change the colour of the milk: Unlikely but brilliantly simple rules that will transform the way you eat," Adapted by Claire Cohen from Food Rules: An Eater's Manual by Michael Pollan -- MailOnline (13 January 2010)