Jonathan Safran Foer’s new book Eating Animals looks at the ethical and environmental quandaries posed by our appetite for meat.
Our nation is in the midst of a lively debate about public healthcare. What seems to be missing, however, is a discussion about preventative medicine. Gradual behavior change, coupled with health education, would make a dramatic impact on the lives of many Americans while reducing overall expenses.
In Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong And How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly, author James McWilliams argues that we must make sustainable food choices. He also insists that buying local is simply not enough.
Large quantities of cheap fast food may seem like a bargain on the surface, but a closer look shows us that these highly processed, industrialized food products have a multitude of hidden expenses. Brian Walsh, a health and science writer for TIME Magazine, recently tallied up the impact that industrial farming is having on the environment, our health and the national budget. Our solution: go meatless on Mondays!
The findings in Hank Cardello’s new book stuffed, are at times controversial. But his solution is simple: focus on the numbers. Cut your calories. As he says, don’t supersize, zero size.
The producers of the new film “Food, Inc.” opening this week have chosen 10 things we can all do to change our food system. #5 is: Meatless Mondays…Go without meat one day a week.
Vitamin-enriched Diet Coke, bread infused with Omega-3 fatty acids – you’d think we were getting our fair share of vital nutrients. But Michael Pollan in his best-selling book “In Defense of Food” – out now in paperback – offers a very different perspective.
