Cooking and Health: a reason to cook at home
Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food, wrote an amazing piece in the Sunday NY Times Magazine last summer: “Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch“. He traces the shifting role of cooking and the place of the kitchen in our lives over the last 45 years, since the publication of Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and the revolution it inspired.
One point not to be missed: there is a demonstrable link between the amount of time we spend in the kitchen and our physical health. “The more time a nation devotes to food preparation at home, the lower its rate of obesity,” is one of a number of amazing facts he shares. Time spent in food preparation at home is a better predictor of health than income or social class.
This should not surprise us. Anyone who cooks, or even who wants to, intuitively grasps the salutary effects of the process itself. It’s not just what we put into our bodies that matters, though surely a well-prepared meal at home, using fresh ingredients and a sense of joy, will be better for your health than take-out. But the way we do it matters almost as much.
Cook for yourself. Cook for others. Devote the time and attention this necessary aspect of our lives deserves. Open up yourself to the energy released and balance achieved through a meal prepared in your own home. The benefits are legion.
This is definitely worth a look….
Tags: cooking and health, Craig Kinzer, healthy cooking, joyful cooking, Julia Child, Michael Pollan
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