Food Rules

Posted by abby on Mar 12, 2010 in What to Eat | 0 comments

I know everyone has been talking/bloggin about Michael Pollan’s book Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual. I dont think there is really much more I can say; instead I will just list some of my favorites here.

• Eat food, not too much, mostly plants
  This should be my new mantra, especially on the weekends when I tend to over-indulge.
• Don’t eat anything your great grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.
  Or, in the case of things like Kimchi, “don’e eat anything someone’s great grand mother wouldn’t recognize as food”. Yogurt-like substances in tubes – not food. My only exception would be Lara bars.
• Don’t eat anything with more than five ingredients, or ingredients you can’t pronounce.
  This applies to things we buy in the supermarket, not recipes you make at home.
• Don’t buy any food you see advertised on television
  This rule captures most processed foods – those high in HFCS and other crap.