Comments on: Maker’s Diet: Overview

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:42:43 +0000

Overly processed foods + sitting around all day, not a good combination. I’ve been eating all sorts of sugar and such in the past week, and I’m just feeling so sluggish now (which makes me sit around more, which makes me feel worse, vicious cycle anyone?).

I’m definitely going to have to get a copy of that book. It’s on the to-read list–I sense a trip to the library is in my near future.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:23:55 +0000

I might give this a shot. I hate the feeling of eating junk and sitting at a desk all day. It drives me crazy!

I’m really glad you mentioned In Defense of Food; I think it’s a great book and more people should read it. Also, I want to second what Sabrina said about World Changing: A Users Guide for the 21st Century. I bought it as a Christmas gift to give someone but ended up keeping it for myself.

By: Erin

Erin — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:45:22 +0000

Jesus LOVES tofu and miso soup. Just ask Him.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:46:01 +0000

“We’re going to do the forty-day ‘diet’ in January to start the year off on a great foot, nutritionally speaking.” – Mmmmm! Love that great, nutritional, foot! Is it Chinese?

“It’s based on the traditional Hebrew diet…. (traditional foods like fermented tofu and miso)” – Uh…. say what? Jesus ate with chopsticks?

“How often are you going to run across a beehive full of honey?” – Only once, if you’re lucky; those little guys are protective!

By: Erin

Erin — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:40:13 +0000

Oh, I know. I always thought I’d be the type to cook whether it was just me or what, but not so. Whenever Jesse’s out of town, my motivation to cook just disappears! I don’t know what it is, because I like to cook, and I like to eat, but there’s just something about cooking for one that is intrinsically hard. Kashi meals are eat least much better than other things you could be eating. Maybe the next time you have people over to eat and you could cook extra so you’ll have good leftovers afterward. Sometimes I find it easier to cook in big batches on Saturday or Sunday afternoon (chili or a roast or something) and then freeze some leftovers and eat some throughout the week.

I’ll check out that book. It sounds like it would go along really well with what I’ve been reading lately. Seems like eating whole foods/slow foods/etc. goes along so well with eating local, living in a sustainable manner, and so on.

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:16:30 +0000

Hey, I just discovered that I can leave comments on your external blog! If you haven’t read it, I’m recommending Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century. It’s not specifically about food so much as it is about the global situation and sustainable living, but it did get me looking into Orlando’s co-op for fruits and veggies and “slow food” in general.

I have to say that, as a single girl with nothing more for a roommate than a diabetic housecat on a restricted diet of his own, it is really hard to commit a great portion of my time to food preparation and cooking. I think it’s different if you frequently break bread with family and friends; I don’t mind putting in the extra time when it’s something to share with others. Lately, I’ve been sort of trying to compromise between myself and the planet and all of that by eating Kashi products–still processed, packaged foods, but from a more ethically and ecologically conscientious company anyway. But you still have me giving thought to “whole foods” again….