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By: Healthy Lifestyle Features

Healthy Lifestyle Features — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:42:10 +0000

Healthy Lifestyle Features…

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting…

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Vitamins Nutrition Supplements — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:10:50 +0000

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I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting…

By: Kirsten Cronlund

Kirsten Cronlund — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:43:30 +0000

Thanks so much, Gloria, for this great article! I’ve thought a lot about the food issues of this country, and I agree that the ideas of positive psychology have a lot to add to the discussion. I am in contact with an organization specifically devoted to combating obesity in America’s teenagers, and I plan to keep a printout of this article in my folder of ideas to present to them. And, P.S., I’ve been longing to travel to Italy, and your article whetted my appetite even more for that vision!

Kirsten

By: Gloria

Gloria — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:53:36 +0000

Hi Senia!

Pollan says he borrowed the phrase “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” from Paul Rozin. I happened upon his very intriguing book in the Penn book store - I think you would enjoy it.

I loved your Raisin exercise! Thanks for sharing with me.

Gloria

By: Gloria

Gloria — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:50:08 +0000

Hi Jeff,

I agree - I’m sure there is a lot of research on the acquisition of food preferences out there that I haven’t had time to look for yet, but I do think your childhood has a huge influence on eating habits. I’m Korean, so I was exposed to very wide variety of food at a very early age. I’m sure that has something to do with my openness to trying varieties of food. I remember at my brother’s wedding rehearsal dinner, several people were amazed watching my little cousins eat away happily at a bowl of pumpkin porridge or fish soup (they would say “my kids would NEVER eat that”)…

It would indeed be wonderful if all parents took the time to teach their children about food. I see kids on the bus all the time here in Philadelphia eating Doritos and a bottle of Pepsi for breakfast. I can’t imagine that is a good start to anyone’s day.

Thanks for your comments

By: Senia

Senia — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:38:52 +0000

Gloria, I can so see you as the rustic chef in your apartment overlooking the rooftops, with your solo cups of herbs, some tomato-based createion brewing on top of the stove. What a wonderful article!

I had not heard of Michael Pollan’s “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” before - it seems to support us so many of the studies you cite - the King et. al., Rozin, and Wrzesniewski et. al. studies.

Ah! I will now mindfully eat the next raisin that I eat - chewing it, and imagining the sun-filled valley that it came from! Merci! Really. The article - this may sound funny - makes me feel full, like I’ve just eaten a filling olive-oil-based meal.

By: Jeff Dustin

Jeff Dustin — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 03:54:44 +0000

Here’s another point worth mentioning.

Do you remember those little Flintstone Chewable Vitamins that Mom gave you when you were a kid? How about Cherry Flavored Robitussin for Kids? I used to practically salivate over those things. If you can make kids enjoy the healthy foods from the minute they starting eating solid food, then, WOW, there is a big advantage for these kids’ health. I know a family whose kids don’t trade for candy bars and chocolate but for fresh bananas in the school lunchroom. What a great and inspiring thing to see!

By: Jeff Dustin

Jeff Dustin — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 03:48:06 +0000

Yes, Slow food is good stuff and savoring would be even better if there were special set-aside times for it. I guess it is a question of commitment. Do you make time to smell the roses or to taste the potato salad?

With a lot of the conflicting diet fads basically muddling the public awareness of the science of gaining and losing weight, if you gave the average person a quiz on which foods were healthy and which were not, I don’t know if there would be a general consensus.

I suspect that a lot of people, myself included, just throw up their hands and say: if it tastes good, down the hatch!

Yummy article, G.P.

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