Hara Hachi Bu
Since the New Year, my daily routine no longer involves following the herd out for lunch, and instead eating a lunch prepared at home, and read for a while during my break.
Through my internet wandering, I came across this wonderful article about Nutritionism. The author, Michael Pollan makes a great deal of excellent points about the Western Diet, and has a great deal of history of how we ended up this way. I particularly liked:
...fat doesn’t make you fat; carbs do. (Why this should have come as news is a mystery: as long as people have been raising animals for food, they have fattened them on carbs.)
I have put myself through more than my share of crazy diets. From the Anabolic Bursting through the Cycling of Diet and Excersize (ABCDE) and the 1 gram of protein per pound of lean body mass (You try eating 160 grams of protein a day), to the macronutrient balanced plans and the Body-for-LIFE program, I would like to say I've seen and done a lot of silly things to my diet. I even gave the old Canada Food Guide a shot (it's pretty good); although I was never stupid enough to try Atkins. A few of the programs make good sense and are very healthy for you, but Michael makes sense.
If you don't have the patience to read through his 12 page dissertation, skip ahead to page 11 where he covers his nine points to a healthier lifestyle.
