3 X A Day to Vote on What YOU eat!

Question

Do you cook your own food?

According to Michael Pollan, well known food author and journalist, how you answer this question determines your health more than any other factor.

More than economic status. More than race. More than family history. Eating a diet filled with food that has been prepared by humans is the key to good health.

This revelation is both exciting and ominous.

Exciting for those of us whose favorite moments of the day involve fresh ingredients, a good knife and our favourite stack of pans.

For most of history, we have been sustained by meals prepared and consumed at home. Cooking was an essential and social part of life. However, since the mid sixties, home cooking has been steadily on the decline. We’ve turned our pots and pans in for a tv dinner and a takeout menu.

As home cooking declines the rates for obesity and all other diet related diseases steadily rise. And these trends don’t show signs of slowing down.

I shudder to think of where we will find ourselves in another 10, 20 or 30 years. How much higher will obesity rates be? How prevalent will diet related disease be? What will our quality of life look like? And what does this mean for our kids and our grandkids?

All because society has decided to let corporations industrialise our meals. All because we have decided to believe that home cooking is something we don’t have time for or simply aren’t trained to do. All because we choose convenience over quality.

I love to cook and I love trying new things, getting them wrong and making it better the next time. It's not about being trained or talented .... It's about getting stuck in and doing it. The satisfaction of cooking a wholesome, real food meal for loved ones is something to be treasured – it’s a gift. Give it and receive it freely..You can never out giveTo peopleOr to God.... Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:6 NET)