Mindful Health Tips

Here are a few points to be mindful of when choosing what kind of food to eat. These tips are courtesy of Michael Pollan. Michael is an American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He is the author of  'Food Rules', 'In Defense of Food', 'Omnivores Dilemma" & numerous other publications. I have read all three and highly recommend them.

Michael has recently published ' Omnivores Dilemma: Young Readers Edition. Looking forward to reading this book soon!
Mindful health tips:
1. Get out of the supermarket whenever you can. Grow your own &/or visit the markets. Find food that is alive and which will eventually rot.
2.Eat only foods made from ingredients that you can picture in their raw state or growing in nature. 'This rule will keep all sorts of chemicals and food like substances out of your diet.
3. Avoid foods that have some form of sugar (or sweetener) listed among the top 3 ingredients (barley malt, beet sugar, fruit juice concentrate).
4. Avoid food products which contain high-fructose corn syrup.
5. Don't overlook the oily little fishes (sardines, anchovies, even mackerel). This fits well with a Dutch proverb- 'A land with lots of herring can get along with few doctors'!
6. Eat some foods that have been predigested by bacteria or fungi ( organic or a2 yogurt, sauerkraut, soy sauce-Tamari, sourdough bread).