Real Food: What to Eat and Why by Nina Planck proposes that the modern health issues result from industrial foods. That is, food that has been cultivated and processed using intensive chemical and physical processes unknown or unused before the 20th century. She says a return to eating grass-fed and pastured animals and their products-and away from Omega 6 intensive vegetable and corn oils as well as transfats-will restore the health of U.S. eaters. She fails to adequately address the role of inactive lifestyles, however.
Entries Tagged as 'Healthy eating'
Real Food, Part 1: Planck promotes ‘real’ foods
June 19th, 2007 · No Comments · Environment, Food selection, Healthy eating, local food
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Food sellers develop appetite for healthful foods, sustainability
June 7th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Environment, Healthy eating, local food
Although big food marketers, from Frito-Lay (to name one) to Wal Mart supercenters to McDonald’s, can take a big share of the blame for the generally poor diet in the United States, those same marketers by their sheer size can do a lot to improve it. (By poor diet, of course, I don’t mean the [...]
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Don’t yawn; we’re talking about our food here!
May 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Environment, Farm Bill, Healthy eating, local food
The Farm Bill determines what we eat and at what price, but speaking up can make a difference.
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Tip: Quick cooking preserves nutritional value
May 21st, 2007 · No Comments · Cooking tips, Healthy eating
It’s now official: Boiling your vegetables to death will reduce their nutritional value. Scientists in England determined that those wonderful cancer-preventive substances in brassicas (aka cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and the like) are lost when you boil the vegetables for a long time. (I don’t even want to think about the mush that would be left!) [...]
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Unhappy with food safety? Listen up
May 20th, 2007 · No Comments · Environment, Healthy eating
People can and should urge their U.S. senators to oppose legislation that would bar states from enforcing stricter food safety laws than the federal government
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Eat well, and forget the scientific studies
May 15th, 2007 · No Comments · Healthy eating
Scientific research is a fine thing, but when it comes to diet, research mostly confirms what we know in our hearts and bodies-literally. We feel better and are healthier when we eat a variety of foods just like nature made.
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