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A PHOTO

I am in Nigeria for the rest of the month! I had some watermelon yesterday, surprisingly it was sweet. Maybe because I am in the land where watermelon originated. More pictures coming soon.

Watermelons are great because they are a high volume food, meaning they can fill you up even though they are very low in calories. High volume foods such as melons and squash are good for weight loss.

A QUOTE

Never eat anything that is pretending to be something else; e.g., no texturized vegetable protein…no artificial sweetners….no margarine (fake butter)…If I want something that tastes like meat or butter, I would rather have the real thing rather than some chemical conoction, pretending to be more healthful.

A QUOTE

Don’t eat anything that took more energy to ship than to grow -Carrie Cizauskas

A QUOTE

From my Romanian grandmother: ‘Breakfast you should eat alone. Lunch, you should share with a friend. Dinner give to your enemy.’ – Irina A. Dumitrescu

A QUOTE

You don’t get fat on food you pray over. This is from a friend who points out that meals prepared at home served at the table and given thanks for are more appreciated and more healthful than food eaten on the run!

A QUOTE

My parents are both from Italy, and one of our family rules was that you could not leave the table until you had finished your fruit…It was a great way to incorporate fruit into our diets and also helped satiate our sweet tooths, keeping us away from less healthful sweets. – Marta C. Larusso

A TEXT POST

Food Tips #1

I just loved Michael Pollan’s project of compiling 20 food tips from numerous individuals into a nice little feature on NY Times. So for the next 20 days I will post each food tip.

Photo by rogiro

#1 “Don’t eat egg salad from a vending machine!” - David A. Wilson

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3rd December 2009

6th November 2009

4th November 2009

Don’t eat anything that took more energy to ship than to grow -Carrie Cizauskas

3rd November 2009

From my Romanian grandmother: ‘Breakfast you should eat alone. Lunch, you should share with a friend. Dinner give to your enemy.’ – Irina A. Dumitrescu

30th October 2009

You don’t get fat on food you pray over. This is from a friend who points out that meals prepared at home served at the table and given thanks for are more appreciated and more healthful than food eaten on the run!

28th October 2009

My parents are both from Italy, and one of our family rules was that you could not leave the table until you had finished your fruit…It was a great way to incorporate fruit into our diets and also helped satiate our sweet tooths, keeping us away from less healthful sweets. – Marta C. Larusso

26th October 2009

Food Tips #1