Eat+food.+Not+too+much.+Mostly+Plants.+-+Rachel

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.**

Within the couple of generations diets have dramatically transformed. Is this a good thing? Now a days there are always publishings about how certain diets either low-fat, high-fiber, high-protein, etc will improve your health and dramatically reduce the risk of disease. While at the same time there are hundreds others disproving these exact claims; in recent news scientist have deteremined there are actually no real links between low-fat diets and rate of coronery disease.

What happened? Nutritionism. Capitalism. Probably in the biggest change in our society's view of diet occurred in the 80s, food stopped being viewed holistically and nutients became scientists primary focus. Words such as vitamins, fiber, cholesterol, saturated fats all became accepted labelings for food. Instead of specifying bad food choices foods were generalized into categories or nutrients. But there is a problem with only looking at nutrients nutrition: food is taken out of context.
 * "The problem with nutrient-by-nutrient nutrition science," points out Marion Nestle, the New York University nutritionist, "is that it takes the nutrient out of the context of food, the food out of the context of diet and the diet out of the context of lifestyle."

How'd this happen?
 * Shift "from whole foods to refined" (ie. carbs)
 * Food was simplified
 * Shift "from leaves to seeds"
 * Western diet went "from food culture to food science"

Hypothetically what's good for us?
 * Fruits and Vegetables
 * Why? Antioxidants
 * Omegas
 * Make sure your diet choices are within context of your lifestyle.
 * Remember if you're eating a food you're eating the entire thing, don't focus on nutrients.

Right direction
 * 1) Actually eat, but eat like our great great grandparents ate or at least would recognize.
 * 2) Foods with health claims aren't as good as they seem.
 * 3) Don't eat foods with lots of ingredients that are "a) unfamiliar b) unpronounceable c) more than five in number"
 * 4) Shop at farmer markets or anywhere you can get fresh produce
 * 5) Spend more on food (quality), but eat less only till you're 80% full.
 * 6) "Eat mostly plants, especially leaves."
 * 7) Eat with the idea of traditional food culture rules (ie. French, Japanese, Italians, Greek, etc)
 * 8) Cook and if possibly grow the food you cook.
 * 9) Diversify your diet, more foods = more nutrients delivered to your body.