Food Rules

I had quite the epic adventure today doing my first shopping trip with my new mindset. i also looked through our cabinets and did some straightening and purging. I'll have to tell you more about that tomorrow.

First, I wanted to share some of the things I learned from Michael Pollan's Food Rules in my voracious reading of it yesterday. Food Rules is a short book and quite an easy read: it's his abbreviated version of all that he's learned and compiled over the years. His books The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food contain all the science behind these rules.

I want people to read it, I'm not going to give much away, but some things that stuck out to me:
-Rule #22:Eat mostly plants, especially leaves - "In countries where people eat a pound or more of vegetables and fruits a day, the rate of cancer is half what it is in the United States."
-Rule #21: It's not food if it's called by the same name in every language (e.g. Big Mac)
-Rule #2: Don't eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food.

It's all about what to eat and how to eat, all in simple language. I felt a lot of clarity reading this and will use its principles going forward in my meal planning and consumption. I feel the breakthrough happening!

Still drinking plenty of water! Are you?