February 3, 2010
Food rules
Good food
Food writer, Michael Pollan, has written a number of highly successful books: “Omnivore’s Dilemma,” “In Defense of Food,” and most recently “Food Rules.” He is trying to make us think about nutrition in a sensible, intelligent and health-promoting way and has asked his readers to contribute their own healthy eating rules.
Here are a few rules of advice from Michael Pollan’s readers:
- “Eat your colors.”
- “It’s not food if it comes to you through the window of a car.”
- “Don’t eat at any restaurant of which there is more than just one.”
- “A snack is not the same thing as a treat.”
- “If a bug won’t eat it, why would you?”
- “Leave the table a little bit hungry.”
- “Eat a little of everything; take your time; enjoy your food.”
- “Cook every meal at home using real ingredients and you will be eating healthy.”
- “Don’t eat plastic food.”
- “Think of junk food as poison.”
- “Use small plates and always eat with salad forks.”
- “Eat as local and as close to “in season” as possible.”
- “Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper.”
- “Eat when you are hungry, not when you are bored.”
- “You are what you eat.”
- “If man didn’t eat it 10,000 years ago you shouldn’t eat it now.”
- “Everything in moderation, including moderation.”
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