Experimentation

Marion Nestle highlighted this family's experiment on her blog yesterday and I'm really interested in reading about how it is going. A family of five, parents and three boys under the age of seven, have cleaned out their cabinets and decided to follow Michael Pollan's advice about eating for 30 days. This includes very few processed foods and a whole lot of cooking. The family will be chronicling their experience on this blog: Fresh Mouth.

Ultimately, I think any attempt to eat healthier and "opt out" of American eating habits is a good thing. I can also relate to this woman's feelings towards cooking and working so hard to eat well because I tend to follow the same diet plan that she and her family are currently following... and I do dishes constantly! And I'm only cooking for one! She brings up a great point in today's post about being detached from food because of our schedules. It takes a lot more time to eat whole foods than to heat something in a microwave. I have never had a family or kids to take care of so I know I can't really understand those demands... but I would like to think that it's more about priorities. As a runner, a lot of people will tell me that they would never have the time to run... I don't really believe that. I guess the same can be true of food, if it's a priority, you will get it done, if it's not... too bad.

Anyway... Good luck! I look forward to checking back in and hearing the stories coming from this family's kitchen!