It’s simple really:
“Don’t buy any foods you’ve seen marketed on television.”
In an interview this week with New York Magazine’s Adam Platt, food guru (he hates the term, btw) Michael Pollan has this to say about Big Food:
…it’s very hard to stay ahead of the food industry. When I first published Food Rules, I said, “Don’t buy any processed foods with more than five ingredients.” Within a year, there was a Häagen-Dazs ice cream called Five. There was a Tostitos commercial on TV where this woman is buying chips for a party. She picks up a bag and says, “There are more ingredients here than I have guests coming to my party.” And then she reaches for Tostitos, which only has three ingredients. None of them particularly healthy, but only three ingredients. So I added a new rule: Don’t buy any foods you’ve seen marketed on television.
ELV loves this rule, obviously, and thinks it is a perfect companion to:
ELV’s Immutable Axiom (#137): The more a food is advertised on television, the more worthless it is.
Exhibit #1: Coca Cola.
Exhibit #2: Any and all diet foods.
Exhibit #3: American mega-brewed beer.
Exhibit #4:
(Feel free to add to the list in your comments below.)
The prosecution rests.
Anything served at Olive Garden.
Ah, but those are puffed Cheetos. I always did prefer regular. And you didn’t say “Mexican Coca Cola” so those are still fair game in my book.
All fast food pizz
“Pizza” sorry along with Subway and every fast food burger in the world (I’ve never seen an In-and-Out commercial
Potato chips which use lame ass Iron Chefs as shills
Applebee’s
I might be stretching it, but I would add any restaurant that has a Facebook page.
I sometimes think that every place has a Facebook page. If you eliminate such places, then eliminate Joel Robuchon, Guy Savoy, and just about any other place I can think of.
Larry, I guess what I wanted to point out is that I’m sure your Facebook page as most, describe honestly what a cool and fantastic guy you are and how you are living a dream life….
Of course — and it’s all true ;-)
bottled salad dressing
Have never seen Vegan food advertised on TV so it must be good !