Eating Healthy Options

[Hartmann]

I just finished "In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollan. He basically rips apart the idea of "nutrionism" pointing out that things like omega-3 pills are nowhere close to as good for you as just eating fish. How beta-carotene pills that were touted to prevent cancer actually cause it.

His whole point is that if we eat food we should eat mostly plants and not too much. He cites the French, the Italians, the Japanese and how their diets are completely different from each other but they're still healthier than us.

[Spectatrix]

Like I said, the main "danger" of processed foods is added salt, sugar, and possibly inflated calories. Sometimes "processed" doesn't make a lick of difference, e.g. canned or frozen veggies vs. fresh (well, canned usually has a ton of salt). Sometimes it's downright scary, like bread that has dozens (hundreds?) of ingredients.