Mar 25, 2009
7 Michael Pollan Food Rules and 4 Bonus Food Myths
Michael Pollanasked for your food rules. You gave them to him, and recently, he announced 7 of them:
Plus, here are 4 bonus Michael Pollan Food Myths!
-Don't eat anything your great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food.
-Don’t eat anything with more than five ingredients, or ingredients you can't pronounce.
-Stay out of the middle of the supermarket; shop on the perimeter of the store
-Don't eat anything that won't eventually rot.
-It is not just what you eat but how you eat.
-Eat around a table at regular meal times.
-Don't buy food where you buy your gasoline. In the U.S., 20% of food is eaten in the car.
Plus, here are 4 bonus Michael Pollan Food Myths!
Myth #1: Food is a delivery vehicle for nutrients.
Myth #2: We need experts to tell us how to eat.
Myth #3: The whole point of eating is to maintain and promote bodily health.
Myth #4: There are evil foods and good foods.
I also enjoy these rules for eating:
-Don’t eat anything bigger than your head
-Don’t eat a species you might be related to
-If you don’t remember when you cooked it, don’t eat it
-Stay away from Soylant Green
Rules to live by! I’m curious though… What’s an example of a food bigger than your head?