What is a Food Philosophy, and Why You Should Have One?

A golden sun spread its hue across the acres of peach trees on the Patel’s farm. Annie and LJ were driving there to help pick the first harvest and visit Nishi and Uday. It was only seven am but already hot at eighty degrees, which meant a triple-digit day.

“Sweetheart, I’ve been thinking about our food philosophy,” said Annie.

LJ smiled,” Do we have one?”

“Well, if a food philosophy is a guiding principle used to make healthy choices, I would say we have one. But maybe we need to be more explicit, is what I’m thinking.”

“Okay, I’ll start.” LJ turned down the radio, “We view food as a source of nutrition. Therefore, we only eat whole food because it provides maximum nutritional benefits. We practice mindful eating since we know how food choices affect our health. We grow some food and buy the rest from Farmer’s markets; this helps reduce our carbon footprint, which is also good for the earth. How am I doing?”

“You nailed it! Can I remind you again that you are a genius,” Annie declared? “Here are my additions, in the words of Michael Pollan,

“Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.”

I believe he means to make sure what you eat is food. He states,