- Don't eat anything you've seen advertised on TV
- Forge the outside isles of supermarkets, don't venture into the middle of the store.
- If it has an ingredients list, put it back
- If it has a cartoon or a prize it is not food, it's entertainment. Put it back.
- Avoid eating anything that leaves an orange stain on your fingers, it's not food.
- Eat lotsa different colorful plants.
- When choosing food colors, minimize the amount of brown food (exceptions to this include nuts and extra dark organic chocolate).
Being born in the baby boom generation, I recently turned 50. I decided to use this milestone as a time reflect on plans for the second half of my life. Many people are going through similar transitions, whether it's turning 50, or 60, or retiring, so I thought I'd share some of my thoughts and lessons learned. In 2009 I joined the ranks of the unemployed for 11 months. I ended up with a good job in Austin Texas, but I’ll always feel a sense of solidarity with those still unemployed.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Amusing Rules for a Better Diet
Eating a perfectly balanced and exceptionally healthy diet can be hard, but some friends and I came up with this list of simple but amusing rules that, if followed, will dramatically improve your diet.
If the cereal you're eating makes the milk change color, pick a different cereal next time.
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Great comment, especially if the color it changes the milk to is florescent.
ReplyDeletePick up a new vegetable every now and then. Something that scares you a little, that you really don't know anything about, how to cut it, whether to peel it, how long to cook it, or to leave it raw. Then learn about it. What IS a jerusalem artichoke? How do I use jicama? Celery root? Oh how weird and ugly! It's all good. Just learn, one thing at a time.
ReplyDeleteSome great stuff on here ... keep writing.
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