19 March 2008
I'm Going Au Naturale
Thats right! I’m going nekkid!
Not really, but I am starting a project where I eat healthier and from scratch. Thats everything, not just using my own seasonings instead of those in a packet. If its been processed, I won’t eat it.
I recently read the book In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan, and I’ve begun his other book Omnivore’s Dilemma. They have inspired me to go on and read further into the subject of nutrition and food processing and its effects on people
I haven’t really gotten that far with my personal research since I only finished the one book about two weeks ago, but it inspired me. It talked about how most food isn’t really food anymore. For example Pollan talks about how if it was pre-1973 almost all breads would have to be labeled as an imitation food product. Scary huh?
In the book he lays out a simple plan to avoid these processed food products: Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.
Pretty much the guideline for what I plan to eat is the closer it is to the farm, the better, rather than the closer it is to the factory.
This pretty much means I will be buying simple staple items and cooking most everything from scratch. No more boxed dinners, no more takeout, and no more junk food.
Yes. This will be hard.
No more junk food, no more boxed food, no more salad dressing, pretty much no more of what is in a typical western diet.
I’m going to start collecting more basic recipes for everyday things, so there will be a new section of recipes that I have not personally tried. Feel free to try them yourself though and let me know how they are! (Also subscribe to the feed just for them!)
There will also be a specific section specifically for this project – Au Naturale.
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