Read this power-packed blog post from
Mark Bittman and then Pass GO. Although billed as an opinion column, the references from this post expose plenty of resources on the why and how of better eating. There's no excuse for poor eating habits anymore. Everyone has the right to live by personal rights and beliefs but better individual health only strengthens the community.
After reading this post and its references, I take away the following,
These are my express paraphrases, and you should read the entire posting for yourself,
- Avoid "Ultraprocessed products" (yes this is a real term) These products resemble food but are most likely contain only modified fats and sugars but contain representations of actual food as a market point. Dr. Ludwig uses a brand of fruit snacks. You have been forewarned, read the labels, "contains real fruit flavor" does not mean actual fruit is an ingredient.
- Ultraprocessed products come from extreme chemical and mechanical manipulation of just 3 species—corn, wheat, and soy. In other words you could have a hamburger on your plate, (the cow was fed corn, not grass), the bun (modified wheat, soy, and/ or corn), the ketchup (corn/soy derived sugars), the cheese (either includes soy as an emulsifier or the dairy cow was again fed corn, not grass).
While waiting for the office printer to warm up Friday morning we talked about Easter traditions and the conversation focused on lamb. However this was the farthest from my head. Besides chocolate eggs, I think of bread, mostly the egg-centric kind my Great Aunts would make. This bread appeared so colorful when I was young but I was terrified to eat bread with offset food coloring, even worse the hard-boiled eggs!