Healthy Diet In Defense of Food
Honestly, I have not read Michael Polan’s “In Defense of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating” book.
What I have read is author Michael Pollan’s New York Times interview, published January 21, 2008, and his “real” food consumption message has all my support.
When he says “. . . all these edible food-like substances in the stores that are masquerading as food”. It’s simple advice as long as you know what food is. . .” reminds me of how rarely I travel down most of the aisle in my local grocery store. Why? Not much down them offers my body’s preferred food source.
Sad, but true, where he says (about U.S. food consumer):
“We’re turning cooking into a spectator sport. This process of outsourcing our food preparation to large corporations . . . is a big part of our problem. We’re seduced by convenience. You’re going to have to put a little more time and effort into preparing your food. . . . It needn’t be a chore. It can be incredibly rewarding to move food closer to the center of your life.” (New York Times, January 21, 2008.)
“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants’’ is written on the band around the lettuce. Nicely stated.
Have a read of Mark Pollans In Defense of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating book to discover the difference, or refresh your memory, of what is “food” versus “food-like” products.
As for me, I’ll keep doing what I’m doing by supplying my body with nature’s produced food. bon appetit!
