things i think i think

I just finished reading Michael Pollan’s brief (think one-hour read) ‘Food Rules.’ It’s a pretty good collection of general ways to think about what we eat — and then how and where to go about eating better.

Some of my favorite tips:

“#12 Shop the peripheries of the supermarket and stay out of the middle.” Because supermarkets are designed to get you lost in the middle, stick to the outside where the (mostly) fresh produce and meat are located.

“#24 Eating what stands on one leg is better than eating what stands on two legs, which is better than eating what stands on four legs.” So, mushrooms and plant foods > fowl > cows, pigs and other mammals. Interestingly enough, this Chinese proverb ignores one of the healthiest foods on the market — the legless fish.

“#39 Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.” You’d be much less likely to eat french fries or chips if you had to peel and cut and bake or fry the potatoes yourself, right? Same goes for churning your own ice cream.

“#51 Spend as much time enjoying the meal as it took to prepare it.” Fairly self-explanatory.

Above all else:

“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”