DH+eat+food+not+to+much+mostly+plants

This article is 12 pages long and meant to be a 2-night 2-hour assignment. It begins with... In one wiki page, I want you to summarize the article in your own words. You may include figures and links. Why is this the author's diet advice? This assignment is worth double the normal amount and I want it completed by class time on Wednesday (so Wednesday morning instead of Wednesday afternoon) so we can discuss the article.
 * Eat food. Not too much. Mostly Plants.**

This article talks about how our definitions of nutrition have been altered. The author goes through the history of science discoveries and what they found out about nutrition. The author lists a lot of things that we should do in order to be healthy. He also says that eating fat is not the reason for obesity in the United States. We need fat in our diet in order to live, however, it is the starch, trans fat, and sugar that really get to us. Here are some key points that the author really wanted to stress:


 * Why is our diet important?
 * keeps us healthy: prevents cancer, obesity, heart disease, diabetes
 * pleasure, tastes good (this could be dangerous - if addictive to food)
 * "Let food be thy medicine"
 * energy source, building blocks of cells
 * Why is it confusing to know what to eat?
 * focused on nutrients (chemicals) instead of whole foods
 * but this focus ignores the interaction between foods in real life
 * new foods
 * so much information, weak evidence
 * Who benefits from our confusion?
 * scientists, fast food, dieting programs, food industry
 * Popular but wrong diets
 * cut down on red meat and dairy products and eat more plants (too controversial for the food industry)
 * low fat diet what what they said
 * with low fat diet, replace the fat with carbs (skyrocketing diabetes)
 * Why should we eat like the French, or Greeks, or Italians?
 * CULTURE SHOULD BE THE GUIDE
 * They have a good food culture
 * also look at what they do, not just what they eat
 * lifestyle: no seconds, no snacks, communal eating
 * What is wrong with the science and nutritionism?
 * too complicated. (ignores how the nutrient interacts with diet and lifestyle)
 * nutrient by nutrient science is not helpful
 * antioxidants, fiber, beta carotene, omega fatty acids
 * information from surveys that are really inaccurate: lie about what they eat
 * No way they could maintain their weights on what they report
 * Recommendations
 * EAT FOOD, not nutrients. eat food that your great great grandmother would recognize
 * examples of FOOD:
 * unprocessed, vegetables, fruits (foods with five or less ingredients or you know what the ingredient is), fish, lowfat milk, ingredients you can pronounce
 * Examples of NOT FOOD:
 * processed, go-gurt, chips, sodas, anything that claims to be nutritious (shoking that the heart association will be paid to put sticker on the food)
 * MOSTLY PLANTS
 * Leaves:
 * lettuce, celery, spinach, cabbage, okra,
 * NOT SO MUCH
 * Hara hachi bu: eat until you are 80% full
 * focus on quality of food instead of quantity
 * Whole Foods (Whole Paycheck)
 * Other Advice
 * variety in foods