In Videos: Mark Bittman on Stephen Colbert
In case you didn't watch last night, the clip of Mark Bittman on The Colbert Report. [Video, after the jump.]
Colbert: "One aspect of conscious eating that I understand is that I like to eat things that were once conscious. If you show me a head of broccoli that can cry, I would dig in to that thing."
Mark Bittman on 'The Colbert Report'
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i was with him until he included pizza in his list of processed foods that people should avoid.
sloppy at 2:02PM on 03/04/09
Ah, but he doesn't say you can never have pizza -- just not all the time.
IndyGal at 4:55PM on 03/04/09
OK it was amusing and Bittman has some interesting recipes in his books and on his blog. But he's just flat out wrong if he thinks there is any scientific evidence that plant food is the healthiest way for humans to eat. If you care about your health, start by reading Gary Taubes' Good Calories, Bad Calories.
peggysu at 6:10PM on 03/04/09
@peggysu - I think is point is that humans should eat MORE plant food than they are currently, by eating more of that and cutting down on processed foods and meats. That having a majority of your diet being plant food would help in many ways, rather than the small minority most have it at.
I don't think that's a huge problem here though, we all enjoy our food :D
comicsan at 10:55PM on 03/04/09
@comicsan I understand that Bittman thinks that if humans ate MORE plant food it would be good for the planet and also good for individual humans. I don't think this is the right forum to discuss what's good for the planet but if you are interested you can find many excellent opposing arguments.
However, it is relevant to the people "here" that plant-based foods are generally bad for your health. (Read Taubes!) Most people (at least in the U. S.) already eat too many plant-based calories, not too few.
As far as processed foods per se, that's a huge subject and you'd need to look at it on a case-by-case basis. (I don't mean to be arguing in favor of unnecessary additives.) For example it is a scientific fact that even though there are more minerals in less-processed grains, these minerals are less accessible to the human metabolism than those in highly-processed grains because of other factors present in less-processed grains.
peggysu at 1:29PM on 03/05/09
peggysu: "However, it is relevant to the people "here" that plant-based foods are generally bad for your health. (Read Taubes!) Most people (at least in the U. S.) already eat too many plant-based calories, not too few."
I'd like to see some proof to back this claim up. Actually both claims. The one that plant-based foods are bad for your health and that most people in the US eat too many plant-based calories.
Cupajo at 11:33AM on 03/21/09
And, as far as Taubes is concerned, he could tell me the sky is blue and I would go outside to check. He used to write pro-Atkins columns in the NYT all the time, and Atkins has been thoroughly discredited.
Cupajo at 11:36AM on 03/21/09