“The chronic diseases that now kill most of us can be traced directly to the industrialization of our food ” - Michael Pollan.
I loved the 'Omnivore's Dilemma' and now Michael Pollan has a new book out called "In defense of food".... ...that phrase you see popping up everywhere comes from it.......EAT FOOD, NOT TOO MUCH, MOSTLY PLANTS.....I guess that's the summary.
Pollan is the person that Obama has been listening to....in a Time interview of Obama , he quoted quite a bit from a open letter Pollan had sent to him while he was a Presidential candidate. People are campaigning for Pollan to be the next Secretary of Agriculture,there is even a petition going.....but no matter what, he is knowledgeable and I love what he says, : "the modern way of eating leads to chronic diseases. As soon as you get away from the western diet you are going to get healthier. It's the elephant in the room that the food industry would rather not pay attention to."
In case most of you reading this in the west didn`t realize...this is serious business!
Recently on GMA they were telling us that the healthiest diet is the Mediterranean diet. VEGETABLES, FRUIT& NUTS, BEANS,OLIVE OIL, and the RED WINE which they have with their meals..... all in moderation.
The survey was carried out on 23,000 Greek men and women and it showed that they all live well into old age so the conclusion is that eating like they do improves survival because it helps guard against heart disease,cancer, diabetes etc.
Check out these videos from Dr. Mercola on this whole Genetically Engineered Foods thing and whether or not they are dangerous.
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have you read any mark bittman? i am reading his "Food Matters" - another good voice against industrialization of food and consumption of meat for ecological reasons! also @bittman on twitter.
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