Notes and Quotes:
The entire book is an elaboration on:
“Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
Interesting Quotes:
“A few years ago, Rozin presented a group of Americans with the following scenario: ‘Assume you are alone on a desert island for one year and you can have water and one other food. Pick the food that you think would be best for your health.’
“The choices were corn, alfalfa sprouts, hot dogs, spinach, peaches, bananas, and milk chocolate. The most popular choice was bananas (42%), followed by spinach (27%), corn (12%), alfalfa sprouts (7%), peaches (5%), hot dogs (4%), and milk chocolate (3%). Only 7 percent of the participants chose one of the two foods that would in fact best support survival: hot dogs and milk chocolate.”
“For a more complete (and fascinating) account of the biochemistry of these fats and the story of their discovery read Susan Allport’s The Queen of Fats.”
“Wild greens like purslane have substantially higher levels of omega-3s than most domesticated plants.”
“Two of the most nutritious plants in the world are weeds – lamb’s quarters and purslane…”
“Gas stations have become processed-corn stations: ethanol outside for your car and high-fructose corn syrup inside for you.”
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