My last week at the library I saw this book, flipped through it, and decided to check it out. I loved that it was short, sweet, and to the point. It outlines 63 rules about food. A lot of it is common sense, but I think for a lot of us we have lost our common sense when it comes to food. Anyone else agree with me there? I know deep down, I know what’s good and not good, but when I’m “on the go”, I just throw all that out the window. And I drive up to the window! LOL
So here are some key points I found intriguing while reading this book and I highly recommend you read this book for yourself.
— Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food. For example: Go-Gurt
— Avoid food products containing ingredients that no ordinary homan would keep in their pantry. For example: Cellulose? Xanthan gum?
— Avoid food products containing ingredients that a 3rd grader cannot pronounce. Just look at some food labels in your pantry. See how many ingredients you find that fit that rule. Would love to hear some examples.
— Avoid food products that contain high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS).
— Avoid foods that have some form of sugar (or sweetner) listed among the top three ingredients. BTW, sugar is sugar even if it is organic.
— Avoid food products that make health claims. Even Cheerios? It’s supposed to help with Cholesterol…anyone know if that’s true?
— Avoid foods you see advertised on television. That would include fast food.
— Shop the peripheries of the supermarket and stay out of the middle. I knew this one, but always good to remember when you’re there.
— Eat only foods that will eventually rot!
— It’s not food if it arrived through a window of your car. 🙁
— It’s not food if it’s called by the same name in every language. For example: Big Mac, Pringles
— Don’t eat breakfast cereals that change the color of the milk. Never seen this happen until recently when I got a different kind of cereal for the boys. Eee-yew!
— “The whiter the bread, the sooner you’ll be dead.”
— Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself. Ha! They don’t know that when I go to the trouble to make to bake, I bake enough to feed the neighborhood. 🙂
— “Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper.”
— Don’t get your fuel from the same place your car does. This one isn’t too bad for me, except sometimes when we’re on trips and we get a “snack” at the gas station.
— Do all your eating at the table. This is a difficult one, especially for people who have a hard enough time finding time to eat! Eating in the car, in front of the TV, running around the house while trying to get out of the house, etc.
— Treat treats as treats. Follow the S-policy: no snacks, sweets, or seconds except on days that begin with the letter “S”.
I haven’t read this book yet. I have read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, which was great. Love it. I agree with most of his ideas, to a point. I think if we followed most of these rules most of the time, we would be better off. I believe that some ingredients are available within the inner portions of the supermarket (hello, flour and oatmeal). And that rule barely applies to places like Whole Foods, where the bulk section is within the aisles. I think he is including cereal like Cheerios in this list. Yes, it probably can lower cholesterol, but real oatmeal (not instant) is better for you and does the same thing. Cereals are still processed and include unnatural ingredients. I think it’s all a process and work in progress. Most people can’t go cold turkey to following these rules. As for making enough for the neighborhood, that’s what chest freezers are for! 🙂
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