Comments on: Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating

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June round-up - A cooking blog - Kitchenist — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:08:44 +0000

[...] love the message behind Mark Bittman’s Food Matters, and encourage anyone remotely interested in planet-saving to read it. Having cooked many of the [...]

By: Ele

Ele — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:26:53 +0000

MH- yes, you should definitely read this. I’ll lend it to you for sure.

Hilary- Well, it’s sort of everything. In the book, Mark actually implies that he started eating this way for environmental reasons just as much as for health. The health/weight-loss was a somewhat planned for and very welcome side effect, but the book is heavily weighed toward the ethical side of the debate. Thankfully- I don’t think I’d have been able to get through it if it was all about health/dieting.

Yes, the meals are generally very healthy, and many are vegan, too. This is because Mark follows the “vegan before six” approach, so only the dinner recipes contain meat, and not even all of them.

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By: Hilary

Hilary — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:12:08 +0000

I liked your review, Ele. I’m a bit confused, though – I know Mark started eating this way partly for health reasons and lost tons of weight. So are the meals low-fat, low-cal and meant to be part of a proper ‘diet’? Is his central message about bodily health or the environment’s health? Or is it all kind of mixed up together?

By: MH

MH — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:14:55 +0000

Ooh I kind of want to read this now. Seems very interesting and perhaps a good starter for someone like me. I’ll have to borrow it on our next rendez-vous.