Keys to eating the right food
When is the last time you tasted a peach? Really experienced its velvety outer skin, inner succulence, and stringy pulp as it slid to the back of your mouth? Ever notice the notes of almond, honey, and vanilla in the fruit’s flavor?
“Every bite should be like a wine tasting,” says food writer and chef Bruce Weinstein. “The more you take away from your food, the more pleasure you’ll feel eating it.” And the fuller you’ll feel afterward. That’s the premise behind Real Food Has Curves, a new book written by Weinstein and his partner, Mark Scarbrough.
It provides a 7-step plan for weaning yourself off processed foods, which have been blamed for our nation’s rise in obesity and related conditions, like heart disease and diabetes. “We feel very strongly that deprivation doesn’t work,” says Weinstein, adding that they each lost about 25 pounds by incorporating more “real” and less “fake” foods into their meals.
Read more here: Wean Yourself Off Processed Foods in 7 Steps
