Unhappy Meals, Nutritional Science
Last week, Michael Pollan’s lengthy article on the New York Times, Unhappy Meals (free registration required for access), generated a lot of buzz. On his first paragraph, he writes:
Once, food was all you could eat, but today there are lots of other edible foodlike substances in the supermarket. These novel products of food science often come in packages festooned with health claims, which brings me to a related rule of thumb: if you’re concerned about your health, you should probably avoid food products that make health claims. Why? Because a health claim on a food product is a good indication that it’s not really food, and food is what you want to eat.
Although I agree that there are too many food-like substances in the market, i.e., edible, but not nutritious, I’m not sure I follow the line of thought towards the end of that paragraph. I believe that there are food items that are more than just a source of nutrition, hence this blog.
But then, I am no nutritionist. For more thought fodder, head on to Marc Joseph’s insights on the matter and the discussion at The Frontal Complex.
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