Eating less processed food

nobody@vox.com(Emu with a Clue) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:16:03 -0700

Liked these tips for eating less processed food in Paula Goodyer's Sydney Morning Herald blog (she got them from Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma):

Don't eat anything your great grandmother wouldn't recognise as food
Avoid food products containing ingredients that are a) unfamiliar, b) unpronounceable c) more than five in number.
Avoid food products that make health claims (food products making health claims are in packets and more likely to be processed, he points out)
Shop the peripheries of the supermarket and stay out of the middle - processed foods dominate the center aisles, while fresher food is around the walls.
Get out of the supermarket whenever possible. Pollan's advice here is to try and shop at farmer's markets whenever you can.

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

Michael Pollan

Can't say I always stick to these rules (especially regarding the 5 ingredients) but they are good ones to aim for, I thought.