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| Tuesday, September 23, 2008 |
| News Flash – Please Enjoy! |
I read the most wonderful thing today. Food is no longer ‘the enemy’! We are allowed to enjoy our meals again. In fact, experts wish we would. They think we’ll be happier, healthier, and weigh less if we join the “shift toward ‘positive eating’” that is sweeping the nation.
“Positive eating” incorporates many trends that are making their way into the news and lifestyles of consumers. The first is a movement to shop in your neighborhood markets, for locally grown, seasonal fresh fruits, vegetables, and grains. Our grandparents would laugh, but we are so used to imported, transported, artificially preserved fruits and vegetables, that most of us don’t know what grows locally, or seasonally, anywhere any more.
“A shift in eating habits” is also beginning. We are learning that sugar free, fat free, and diet are not the first names of food. They will not set us ‘free’, make us healthy, or teach us portion control. They won’t help us learn new habits we can sustain, conquer old ones, choose wisely in restaurants or eat at home without a microwave.
The “Slow Food Movement”, Farmers Markets, some local chains, Chefs, Authors, and Dietitians are all encouraging a ‘new’ trend. Home cooking! Fresh food is in. It can be easy, healthy, and less expensive than pre-packaged, take-out, or delivery. Dig out your pots and pans, dust off a cutting board and grab a knife. Chop some lettuce and make a salad. Melt a little butter or olive oil, toss around some fresh veggies. Your dinner will be delicious and your house will smell like heaven.
Experts say the best way to encourage healthy eating habits in children is to encourage them to join you in the kitchen. They’re more likely to eat what they see you eat, and what they’ve helped prepare! Read more.
Experts from different backgrounds like “Marion Nestle, nutritionist and author of ‘What to Eat’,” and “cookbook author and television personality” Rachel Ray, want us to “focus on sensible eating”. Rachel says “If you take the time to cook and provide yourself with a balanced diet, you can cook freely and eat pretty freely and in pretty large amounts without worrying so much about the nutritional intake or the calories or your pant size”. Ms. Nestle says “people view food as the enemy, when the real problem is that they have forgotten how to enjoy food in a healthful way”.
“After decades of obsessing about fat, calories and carbs, many dieters have made the unorthodox decision to simply enjoy food again.”
Time will tell if “better eating can translate into weight loss”. Legions of former dieters are smiling, “instead of eating to diet, they’re eating to enjoy”. I’m ready for positive eating. Aren’t you?
- Nancy
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