In Defense of Food
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Every day we make food decisions. We decide what to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, what snacks to buy in between our meals, whether to eat at home and prepare the meal ourselves, whether to buy ready meals and just preheat them with little effort, whether to go to a standard restaurant or to a fast food restaurant. The majority of our decisions are based on money. Sometimes the same amount of money has to be spent by the family of two and be enough for the family of four or six. The more you earn, the more items are available on your food list. You can buy your Starbucks coffee and your McDonald's meal. You can invest in your Coca-Cola bottle and order Chinese food or a pizza. But does being slightly better-off really make us healthier? Why the inhabitants of African tribes who still depend on hunting and gathering seem to be much more resistant to diseases and the effects of aging than you: the average citizen of developed countries, whose hunting capabilities are limited to the run to the convenience store or a supermarket? What food should we eat? What simple rules should we apply to our eating habits? What should be our ideals in achieving the aim of a healthy life devoid of heart attacks, strokes, and cancer? And why the answers are so simple? In Defense of Food.
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