Book Three, Food Rules

The next book that I read and wanted to share is Food Rules, An Eater's Manual by Michael Pollan. 

This is the second time that I've read this compact little book. I decided to read it again after watching the movie Food, Inc. In Food Rules, Mr. Pollan answers three questions. 

• What should I eat?  (Food)
• What kind of food should I eat?  (Mostly plants)
• How should I eat?  (Not too much)  

Here are some of the points of interest for me from this book:

• Real food is food that your great-grandmother would recognize as food.  
• Avoid foods containing ingredients that no ordinary human would keep in the pantry.
• Avoid High Fructose Corn Syrup.
• Avoid foods that have some form of sugar listed in the top 3 ingredients.  
• Avoid foods with more than 5 ingredients.
• Avoid foods that make health claims.
• Avoid "lite" "lowfat" "nonfat" products.
• Avoid imitation foods, like margarine or soy based mock meats.  
• Avoid foods you see on TV ads.
• Eat only foods that will eventually rot.  (Anyone else grossed out by this.)
• Eat foods made from ingredients that you can picture in their raw state or growing in nature.  
• Get out of the supermarket whenever you can.  
• Snack on fruits, nuts or vegetables instead of chips and sweets.
• (I love this one) If it cam from a plan, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don't!
• Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.  
• "Better to pay the grocer than the doctor." 
• Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper.  
• "After lunch, sleep awhile; after dinner, walk a mile."  

He also has some points on eating less.

• Stop eating before you are full.  
• Eat only when hungry.
• Slow down.  It takes 20 minutes for your brain to register that you're full.  
• Put your fork down between bites. 
• Smaller plates and glasses
• Serve a proper portion, then don't allow seconds.  

That's all I have for this book.  Again, I am just sharing some notes I jotted down from a library book.  Happy reading to you!