I think (and hope) that we’re moving into a “post-diet” approach to healthy eating. I’m gut-deep in guilt here, but I’m trying. Two videos I watched recently, by two similar-looking guys, added some urgency to the subject and explained why making healthy, informed decisions about what we eat is important individually and collectively … not just a trend for skinny tree-huggers.
The first is a TED Talk by New York Times food writer Mark Bittman. His focus is the global ramifications of the way we eat. His advice at the end of the video echoes that of the speaker in the second video, Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food, among others. Pollan’s food manifesto, widely circulated by now, is: “Eat food. Mostly Plants. Not too much.” His speech focuses more on the individual ramifications and offers some steps we can take.
If these videos make you curious about locally-grown produce, you might start here: LocalHarvest.
Thu, May 15, 2008
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