#46 Stop eating before you are full
Michael Pollan has done it again! The author of the Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food, has written an even more accessible book about eating well, for health and coincidentally for sustainability. It is entitled Food Rules, An Eater's Manual. It is out in paperback is small and has approximately one rule per page. It is broken up into 3 sections which correspond to his general message message about food, which is "Eat food, mostly plants, not too much."
It seems like a simple statement, but contains much food for thought (forgive my pun). For instance food, means real food, nothing chemical, nothing fake- no phood! Take this rule:
#2 Don't eat anything your great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food.
Each rule comes with a paragraph or two of explanation, but rarely over half a page long.
Another of my favorites in the 'eat food' section is:
#6 Avoid food products that have more than 5 ingredients.
Have you ever read the ingredients on most processed 'food'? It can be an extremely long list and most of them unpronounceable let alone edible!
I highly recommend buying a copy of this book- and USING the information in it.
Michael Pollan has done it again! The author of the Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food, has written an even more accessible book about eating well, for health and coincidentally for sustainability. It is entitled Food Rules, An Eater's Manual. It is out in paperback is small and has approximately one rule per page. It is broken up into 3 sections which correspond to his general message message about food, which is "Eat food, mostly plants, not too much."
It seems like a simple statement, but contains much food for thought (forgive my pun). For instance food, means real food, nothing chemical, nothing fake- no phood! Take this rule:
#2 Don't eat anything your great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food.
Each rule comes with a paragraph or two of explanation, but rarely over half a page long.
Another of my favorites in the 'eat food' section is:
#6 Avoid food products that have more than 5 ingredients.
Have you ever read the ingredients on most processed 'food'? It can be an extremely long list and most of them unpronounceable let alone edible!
I highly recommend buying a copy of this book- and USING the information in it.
