Eat Food

[jobob]

Thanks for posting this, Zen!

[salsabike]

Yes, very commonsensical. Always good to see something like that on this topic, which seems to be subject to more heat than light, sometimes.

[OakLeaf]

I blew my MIL's mind the other day. She knows me to be health-minded, so she offered me some of the vitamins she was taking. "Want some folic acid?" "No thanks, I had a big plate of spinach for dinner." "Want some Vitamin D?" No thanks, I was out running in the sunshine this morning."

You could almost see her head explode.

[anakiwa]

For anyone interested in these issues I'd highly recommend reading Omnivore's Dilemma (by Michael Pollen the author of the article) or Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (by Barbara Kingsolver). They've changed the way I eat.

[Dianyla]

Another Michael Pollan fan, checking in! Loved his book "The Omnivore's Dilemma". Thanks for the link to the article.

[firenze11]

I blew my MIL's mind the other day. She knows me to be health-minded, so she offered me some of the vitamins she was taking. "Want some folic acid?" "No thanks, I had a big plate of spinach for dinner." "Want some Vitamin D?" No thanks, I was out running in the sunshine this morning."

You could almost see her head explode.

That's so funny. Last year I had some blood taken and my folic acid came back really high. My doctor said "Wow, you must eat a lot of leafy greens." At the time I did (I need to eat more now). Later I saw my neurologist and told him about those results and he couldn't handle it. He kept saying I needed a folic acid supplement b/c I was a woman of child-bearing age. But mine was already really high just from what I was eating. I think I saw his head explode a bit too

[tulip]

Pollan's newest book is "Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants."

That about says it all.

[lph]

Pollan's newest book is "Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants."

heh, love it

I grew up taking vitamin supplements, but since reading up on it I only take seal oil (omega 3) cos of the rampant heart disease in my family, and calcium since I don't drink milk and eat very little cheese. The rest seem a waste of time to me.