사실 오래 된 일들인데, 특히 지난 수 년간 좀 더 건강히 먹고 건강하게 살자는 운동 (food movement?)이 굉장합니다. 한국에서는 웰빙이라고 하더군요. 지난 30년 간 미국에 비만 트렌드를 보면 이러한 운동과 관심들이 아주 쉽게 이해가 갑니다. 솔직히 남의 일이 아닙니다... 저도 절박합니다. 
유씨 버클리에 마이클 폴란이라는 저널리즘 교수가 있는데, 최근 수 년 동안 The Omnivore's Dilemma와 In Defense of Food라는 책으로 베스트셀러 작가가 된 food activist입니다. 올 해에는 또 Food, Inc.라는 다큐멘타리로 오스카상 후보로 유력합니다. 얼마 전에 Food Rules라는 일종의 얇은 pocket guide같은 걸 출간했는데, 64개의 룰이 한 페이지에 하나씩 있고, 각 룰 마다 간단한 설명이 있습니다. 아시다 시피 전 요즘 책들은 읽어도 이해는 하지만 별로 기억에 남는게 없는데, 요건 간단해서 아주 좋았습니다. 그래서 64 룰의 제목만 따서 함께 나누려고 아래에 붙였습니다. 언뜻 이해가 잘 안가는 룰이 있으시면 첨가 설명해드리겠습니다. 알려주세요.
줄리아 아빠
Food Rules
by Michael Pollan
Part I: What should I eat? (Eat food.)
- Eat food.
- Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.
- Avoid food products containing ingredients that no ordinary human would keep in the pantry.
- Avoid food products that contain high-fructose corn syrup.
- Avoid foods that have some form of sugar (or sweetener) listed among the top three ingredients.
- Avoid food products that contain more than five ingredients.
- Avoid food products containing ingredients that a third-grader cannot pronounce.
- Avoid food products that make health claims.
- Avoid food products with the wordoid “lite” or the terms “low-fat” or “nonfat” in their names.
- Avoid foods that are pretending to be something they are not.
- Avoid foods you see advertised on television.
- Shop the peripheries of the supermarket and stay out of the middle.
- Eat only foods that will eventually rot.
- Eat foods made from ingredients that you can picture in their raw state or growing in nature.
- Get out of the supermarket whenever you can.
- Buy your snacks at the farmers’ market.
- Eat only foods that have been cooked by humans.
- Don’t ingest foods made in places where everyone is required to wear a surgical cap.
- If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t.
- It’s not food if it arrived through the window of your car.
- It’s not food if it’s called by the same name in every language. (Think of Big Mac, Cheetos, or Pringles.)
Part II: What kind of food should I eat? (Mostly plants.)
Eat mostly plants, especially leaves.Treat meat as a flavoring or special occasion food.“Eating what stands on one leg is better than eating what stands on two legs, which is better than eating what stands on four legs.” - Chinese proverbEat your colors.Drink the spinach water.Eat animals that have themselves eaten well.If you have the space, buy a freezer.Eat like an omnivore.Eat well-grown food from healthy soil.Eat wild foods when you can.Don’t overlook the oily little fishes.Eat some foods that have been predigested by bacteria or fungi.Sweeten and salt your food yourself.Eat sweet foods as you find them in nature.Don’t eat breakfast cereals that change the color of the milk.“The whiter the bread, the sooner you’ll be dead.” - Jewish/Italian proverbFavor the kinds of oils and grains that have traditionally been stone-ground.Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.Be the kind of person who takes supplements – then skip the supplements.Eat more like the French. Or the Japanese. Or the Italians. Or the Greeks.Regard nontraditional foods with skepticism.Have a glass of wine with dinner.Part III: How should I eat? (Not too much.)
Pay more, eat less.. . . Eat less.Stop eating before you’re full.Eat when you are hungry, not when you are bored.Consult your gut.Eat slowly.“The banquet is in the first bite.”Spend as much time enjoying the meal as it took to prepare it.Buy smaller plates and glasses.Serve a proper portion and don’t go back for seconds.“Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper.”Eat meals.Limit your snacks to unprocessed plant foods.Don’t get your fuel from the same place your car does.Do all your eating at a table.Try not to eat alone.Treat treats as treats.Leave something on your plate.Plant a vegetable garden if you have the space, a window box if you don’t.Cook.Break the rules once in a while.