Real food resolution

July 2, 2009

After reading In Defense of Food, here is my Philippine-condition adapted resolution with regards to my health (already compromised by my high blood pressure) and eating habits:

• I’m going to avoid buying processed foods as much as possible.
• I’m not going to eat foodstuffs which are excessively packaged and have ingredients that are unfamiliar (too chemistry-sounding), unpronounceable or more than five in number.
• I’m not going to eat foods that are too focused on their supposed health benefits.
• I’m going to avoid buying from the supermarket as much as possible; I’m going to do most of my food shopping in the wet market (this one’s very easy).
• I’m not going to eat anything from that awful place we call café (either under the GAB or near the OUR).
• I’m going to eat more leaves and less meat.
• I’m going to try other foods (seaweeds, alugbati, etc.) to diversify my diet.
• I’m avoiding, at the pain of death, all fast food outlets.
• I’m going to eat only three times a day (with a few water breaks and light snacks in between) and only in the place designated for eating – that is, the dining table at home (my schedule will allow it).
• I’m going to eat with my family and my friends most of the time.
• I’m going to eat slowly (tasting more than ingesting).
• I’m going to improve my cooking skills.
• I’m going to increase the time I spend walking.

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There is no greatness in the lack of benevolence and capacity to understand.

 

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A leader who cannot even set his own house right is not a leader in the first place. The first person who should follow a leader is himself.

 

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Most people are born blind, but some revel in it.

 

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