“We do not subsidize organic food. We subsidize these four crops - five altogether, but one is cotton - and these are the building blocks of fast food. One of the ways you democratize healthy food is you support healthy food.” WaySupportFiveFourBuildingHealthyBlockCropsCottonFast FoodBuilding BlocksHealthy FoodOrganic Food Author:Michael Pollan
“One of the problems is that the US government supports unhealthy food and does very little to support healthy food. I mean, we subsidize high fructose corn syrup. We subsidize hydrogenated corn oil. We do not subsidize organic food. We subsidize four crops that are the building blocks of fast food. And you also have to work on access. We have food deserts in our cities. We know that the distance you live from a supplier of fresh produce is one of the best predictors of your health.” MeanProblemSupportBuildingHealthyDistanceBlockFast FoodHealthy FoodOrganic Food Author:Michael Pollan
“When there is a psyche-disrupting event in your life, it can prevent you from getting the long blocks of sleep at night that are so important to healthy aging.” LongImportantNightSleepEventsHealthyAgingBlock Author:Mehmet Oz
“What the meat industry figured out is that you don't need healthy animals to make a profit. Sick animals are more profitable... Factory farms calculate how close to death they can keep animals without killing them. That's the business model. How quickly they can be made to grow, how tightly they can be packed, how much or how little can they eat, how sick they can get without dying...We live in a world in which it's conventional to treat an animal like a block of wood.” WorldNeedsLittlesMadeGrowsAnimalDyingIndustryHealthyModelsTreatsSickKillingProfitWoodsBlockMeatFarmsFactoriesConventionalProfitableBusiness ModelsMeat IndustryClose To Death Author:Jonathan Safran Foer