Monday, October 31, 2011

FOOD RULES - RULE #39

from "Food Rules: An Eater's Manual," by Michael Pollan

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PART II: What Kind of Food Should I Eat?
(Mostly plants.)

RULE #39 - Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.

There is nothing wrong with eating sweets, fried foods, pastries, even drinking a soda every now and then, but food manufacturers have made eating these formerly expensive and hard-to-make treats so cheap and easy that we're eating them every day. The french fry did not become America's most popular vegetable until industry took over the jobs of washing, peeling, cutting, and frying the potatoes - and cleaning up the mess. If you made all the french fries you ate, you would eat them much less often, if only because they are so much work. The same holds true for fried chicken, chips, cakes, pies, and ice cream.Enjoy these treats as often as you're willing to prepare them - chances are good it won't be every day.

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"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."

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