Unprocessed -- how I gave up processed foods (and why it matters) | Megan Kimble | TEDxTucsonSalon
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Published 2014-08-04
Megan Kimble is the managing editor of Edible Baja Arizona, a local food magazine serving Tucson and the borderlands, and is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times. Her book, Unprocessed, about her year of eating only whole, unprocessed food, is forthcoming from William Morrow in 2015. Follow along at megankimble.com.
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All Comments (21)
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WE as Americans NEED to wake up ..with increasingly high insurance costs and medical costs.. we can cure a lot of our disease by the quality of food we eat. THANKS for putting this out there.
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Eating healthy is not expensive when you give up the processed foods.
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I'm so happy I don't care for sugar at all!!! I love hot food, addicted to tobasco sauce.. Sweets just don't do it.. I've literally trained myself to become disgusted by sweets..I became vegan and never looked back.. My health has never been better.fibromyalgia gone.. headaches gone ... Inflammation gone.. moodiness gone!!! I love life!!!!!!
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Don't waste your sugar on mustard! LOL, that is a great line. Why do we need sugar in every damn thing in the market?
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Four points: 1. Join the CSA 2. Read the ingredients labels 3. Go to the farmers market 4. Ask questions of the people and companies that sell you your food. "The money you spend matters. And we all have the power to make it a little unprocess. "
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Follow the Blue Zones rule: if something you are buying has more than 5 ingredients then don't buy. If you don't understand what one of the ingredients is then don't buy it
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Excellent, as an organic farmer I am considering starting a CSA in my area. I really appreciate your stand for a healthy planet and community.
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I enjoyed your TED Talk. When I was young, my family was on food stamps. My mother and grandmother made breads, bought meat, fruits and vegetables at Farmers Markets. We took the bus everywhere. We were poor, but ate very well. Many families substitute convenience in lifestyle for better food choices. Eating well takes time. The consequences of eating poorly are heart disease, stroke cancer and obesity.
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I don't understand why cameras always focus on the speaker and not the slides. Why is this a problem for TED talks when the whole seminar is based upon smart thoughtful choices that we need to be making? (Throws desk)
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I just can`t believe how few people all around the world, since its available on youtube, watch this kind o lecture. So important. Meanwhile other crap videos get lie millions of views... Thanks for sharing so much knowledge, TEDx
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Great talk! I've just switched to unprocessed foods over the last 4 weeks and I have never felt better - and by that, I mean I eat vegetables, fruits, nuts, meat, eggs, yoghurt, milk, butter, a little sprouted grain bread etc. I have more energy, no water retention, clearer skin and I feel full which prevents cravings. It feels good.
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Finally: a real-life person interested in the food issues I'm interested in, speaking from actual personal experience and in a well-organized, concise and easy-to-understand manner. You rock, Megan! I too appreciate natural, organic, unprocessed foods, but totally crave sugar. I can go off sugar fro short periods, but just can't seem to kick it. Let's intend for that to change now! Thank you.
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Apple vs Apple Juice. What a great example! I’ve stopped drinking a juice over two months and chosen a real fruit instead. Thanks for sharing.
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If processed foods and sugar foods are not in the house you can’t eat it! That’s what I finally figured out! If I only have organic raisins and carrots that’s what I eat. Tastes like dessert !!
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this is a great breakdown on the food processing system. I never realized the depth of the issue of processed foods.
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This is great. As a seasonal eater and a CSA member myself, I've been saying this for years. Unfortunately I wish she mentioned food deserts and poor communities without access to locally grown food. I feel very fortunate to purchase my veggies and meat from a farm that is in my neighborhood.
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I listened all the way through. She KNOWS WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT! I felt like I was definitely learning something really good and a lesson I will refer to and recall the rest of my grocery shopping & eating days.
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This is a common practice in India, being followed for ages, just that you have to treat food as the most important thing n respect it the most
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A lot of good points are raised in this presentation. Especially on the need to support our local farmers who responsibly grow our food. That is the only way to go if we must stop process food from coming to our dining tables.
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In short, the long winded story is not to buy any canned foods or packaged foods. These factories will have to close down.
