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One of my favorite foodie quotes, and one that should be kept close to mind by anyone with even the remotest concerns for their wellbeing, is from renowned activist-author, Michael Pollan:
Eat food; not too much; mostly plants.
Seven words — when it comes to dietary explanations, it doesn’t get much more simple.
Though he admits to “not making the decision to eat meat lightly” [1], Pollan isn’t plant-based — he isn’t even vegetarian, but this fundamental ethos is no less valuable, and I still hold much respect for him.
However we interpret our diets, from the most meat-craving omnivore to a purely plant-based raw vegan, these seven words should form the foundation of our daily meals. And not only for our own benefit.
Agriculture — both animal and plant — is singly responsible for more pollution, more environmental destruction, more health issues and, taking animals into account, more fatalities than any other industry. We have become a world of fast food, of sugar addiction, of deep-fried, over-saturated, artery-clotting, heart-stopping overindulgence, and it isn’t only our own bodies that we are punishing with our poor diets.
When we tell people that ‘I’ve just become vegan’, or ‘I’m plant-based now’, the immediate assumption is that we…
