💯! I think we need to lose not only the word diet but also the words health and wellness which have become a kind of new moral standard. But food is not a moral issue! Viewing foods as “good” or “bad” is the gateway to centering western food culture, I really see it as an offshoot of white supremacy. (POCs frequently being told by R.D.s…
💯! I think we need to lose not only the word diet but also the words health and wellness which have become a kind of new moral standard. But food is not a moral issue! Viewing foods as “good” or “bad” is the gateway to centering western food culture, I really see it as an offshoot of white supremacy. (POCs frequently being told by R.D.s to withhold from their “unhealthy” culinary traditions is one example that comes to mind).
I’ve always loved the simplicity of Michael Pollan’s quote “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants”. And it’s actually a pretty good description of how they eat in the blue zones. Maybe we could replace “diet” with “way of eating”. And “healthy” with “anticapitalist” lol.
Virtue signaling through Wellness is indeed problematic. But like with so many things, we have to filter the verbiage to get to the substance. I like the notion of being well, wellbeing. I’ve never cozied up to wellness.
Pollan is now into to psychedelics so he’d likely add some special shrooms to his suggestion. 😁
Food is one thing but also community and purpose. That whole approach is grounding.
💯! I think we need to lose not only the word diet but also the words health and wellness which have become a kind of new moral standard. But food is not a moral issue! Viewing foods as “good” or “bad” is the gateway to centering western food culture, I really see it as an offshoot of white supremacy. (POCs frequently being told by R.D.s to withhold from their “unhealthy” culinary traditions is one example that comes to mind).
I’ve always loved the simplicity of Michael Pollan’s quote “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants”. And it’s actually a pretty good description of how they eat in the blue zones. Maybe we could replace “diet” with “way of eating”. And “healthy” with “anticapitalist” lol.
Virtue signaling through Wellness is indeed problematic. But like with so many things, we have to filter the verbiage to get to the substance. I like the notion of being well, wellbeing. I’ve never cozied up to wellness.
Pollan is now into to psychedelics so he’d likely add some special shrooms to his suggestion. 😁
Food is one thing but also community and purpose. That whole approach is grounding.