Monday, February 9, 2009

In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

I listened to this in the car. As fascinating as it was, I know I'd never have finished it in print form. I've been reading the ingredients list on everything lately, and can't believe how many things are barely natural. Everything has been processed for shelf-life, and then processed again to reintroduce the nutrients that were stripped the first time.
I always thought I ate pretty healthfully, but now I feel like my whole diet needs to be revamped. I love vegetables, but never thought about the fact that farmers now produce for yield over nutrition, so we now get far fewer benefits from fresh fruit/veggies than we did in the past. Suddenly, I can't wait for farmer's market season.

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