Home
cooking is on its way out.
Not
tomorrow, or the day after - but years down the road. That’s the prediction of
food consultant Harry Balzer.
Balzar
believes the reason for this shift is because people don't want to spend time
preparing and cooking their meals. They
want convenience.
However
despite Balzar’s dire prediction about the future of home cooking, he also says
that if you want to eat healthy you just have to do one thing...
Only eat food you prepare yourself.
Now this
doesn't include foods that you buy and merely heat up obviously. He's referring to foods where you actually
assemble ingredients and then cook them all together to form a finished culinary
masterpiece.
Bestselling
author and nutritional expert Michael Pollan subscribes to Balzar's
advice. Pollan uses French fries as an example
of how this will help you eat right. French
fries are something that fast food chains know how to make extremely tasty.
But when
was the last time you actually took the time to make them at home?
Six weeks
ago? Six months ago? Longer?
The reason
most people don't make their own french fries is it's too labor intensive. You have to buy the potatoes, peel them,
slice them, heat them up in a pot of oil, fry them and then finally eat them.
So not
only will the "Only eat food you prepare
yourself" rule save you from eating too many french fries which are
generally acknowledged as not being the healthiest food on the planet, it will
keep you from relying on processed foods as part of your daily meal. And that can never be a bad thing.
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