Marketing, Myths, and Mindful Eating
Many food- and health-related websites have images of skinny, white, perky young people with coiffed hair and nice teeth selling books and products that they say will change your life. As a bit of a curmudgeon and introvert, the hype turns me off.
When I go to a bookstore for health information and cookbooks, I get bombarded by books touting diet crazes and miracle cures. There are hundreds of books with sensational or bizarre titles: Four Steps to Thin Forever, Idiot’s Guide to the Glycemic Index, South Beach, Eat 4 Your Type, Food Cures, etc.
I don’t want to make specific medical claims, act as if I know what’s best for you, or use exclamation marks at the end of each sentence because I want you to know how good I feel! I’m not here to say “This is what you need to do,” only to share what I have been doing and provide references for you to explore.
I did not create this site to promote a product line, or insist that you eat or live 100% one way in order to save your life and the planet.
Yet I truly believe that what and how we eat is an ethical choice we all make, each day, at every meal, either consciously or not and that what we eat and drink makes a difference to the health and welfare of animals, the environment, world hunger, climate change, and the future of creation.