Get Healthy @ your library

I am on a new kick these days, and one that I hope not only sticks, but spreads to those around me. I’ve been cooking almost all my food, eating ten servings of fruits & veggies a day, and otherwise feeling great.

Part of this involves thumbing through cookbooks. Ok, that’s not quite accurate. It’s more like obsessively poring over recipes, devouring pages and really putting the instructions to the test. I like owing them, but I take them out of the library as a sort of quality preview. If I dread giving it back, then it’s a sign that perhaps it needs to be purchased, and this has been done with abandon of late.

All of this – all of it – began with a book. I read the Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan and it affected me greatly. I got to thinking about what it is that I’ve been ingesting, and how processed our food is, and how much gas is used to get these fruits here from across the world. Then I started reading labels and noticed the chemical content of what we eat. It led to different choices, but also, to more books: The 100-Mile Diet, for example, and the more practical Cooking with Foods that Fight Cancer. We have so many titles that could fuel this fire.

This post isn’t just about food and eating though. It’s about many other things too. Informing yourself through reading. The ability of books to change lives. Acquiring skills through books (yes, that is how I learned how too cook). Using your library as a life tool.

If we help you help yourself, then we have done our job. Eat, read, love.