January 31st, 2007 - M. Pollan article on nutrionism and eating right
Unhappy Meals is an excellent article everyone should read! It’s by the author of the recent bestseller (I think), The Omnivore’s Dilemma. It’s an excellent discussion of the problem we’ve got in the US of eating nutrients rather than food. It’s 12 pages, and definitely worth it. If asked for a login, try getting one from Bug Me Not.
Near the end, I learned I’m a “flexitarian”–or a near vegetarian. Woohoo! I have a title for being vegetarian most of the time but not always. LOL Turns out flexitarians are as healthy as vegetarians generally are. Unfortunately, I also learned that my vegetarianism isn’t necessary all that good. I eat too many seeds and lean towards monoculture. That is, I eat a lot of bread products (made from flour, which comes from grain, which is a seed, including bread, pretzels, etc) and not a large variety of other foods (in the winter, dairy, apples, bananas, oranges, peas/beans [seeds again, I think], cereals [seeds again], carrots, potatoes, and a few other things. Summer is better since I eat what’s in the garden as well, such as salads).