Wow. I can't believe I hadn't read this book until now.
Michael Pollan, an American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism at UC Berkeley did a tremendous job thoroughly researching and writing this book.
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
Eat Food: food defined....
- Avoid food products containing ingredients that are A) unfamiliar, B) unpronounceable, C) more than five in number, or D) high-fructose corn syrup
- Avoid food products that make health claims
- Shop the peripheries of the supermarket and stay out of the middle
- Get out of the supermarket whenever possible
- Eat mostly plants, especially leaves
- You are what what you eat eats too
- If you have the space, buy a freezer
- Eat like an omnivore
- Eat well-grown food from healthy soils
- Eat wild foods when you can
- Eat more like the French, or the Italians, or the Japanese, or the Indians, or the Greeks.
- Regard nontraditional foods with skepticism
- Don't look for the magic bullet tin the traditional diet
- Have a glass of wine with dinner
Not Too Much: how to eat...
- Pay more, eat less
- Eat meals
- Do all your eating at a table
- Don't get your fuel from the same place your car does
- Try not to eat alone
- Consult your gut
- Eat slowly
- Cook and, if you can, plant a garden
Some sources:
Eating Local Challenge offers resources and encouragement for people trying to eat locally.
Eat Well Guide is an online direcotry of sustainbly raised meat, poultry, diary and eggs. Enter your zip code to find healthful, humane, and ecofriendly products from farms, stores and restaurants in your area.
Eat Wild list local suppliers for grass-fed meat and dairy products.
Food Routes is a national nonprofit dedicated to "reintroducing Americans to their food - the seeds it grows from, the farmers who product it, and the routes that carry it from the fields to our tables."
Local Harvest helps you connect with local farmers, CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture) and farmer's markets.
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