March Recap

It's been nearly a month since our last posting and we've come across a fair amount of intriguing articles during that time. The following is our brief synthesis of the articles that made us think this month:

Time Magazine debuted a cover story on the issue of organic vs. local produce on March 2nd.
NPR examined the release of a new "heart health" study on March 28th.
The NY Times looked at the issue of "being too busy" on March 31st.
At the end of the month, Ode Magazine did a piece on the "world's happiest man."

Healthy Eating

As we've stated before, here at LifeTrek we're big fans of Michael Pollan's work, The Omnivore's Dilemma. We referred to Pollan's work when we created our Marvelous Menus, when we talked about Planetary Predicaments, and also when we discussed Trojan Foods. The Omnivore's Dilemma has been a catalyst for the way we think about healthy eating here at LifeTrek.

To better highlight some of the key points in this book, view Pollan's interview on the Amazon.com program "Amazon Fishbowl with Bill Maher". In this interview, Pollan highlights why Americans' health is sufferring due to how they eat.

For more information from LifeTrek about healthy eating, read the Optimal Wellness series starting with Provision #471: Nutrition 401. Also of interest, the Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise series (1), starting with Provision #284: Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise.