Eating with your head?

When considering "good food" and "bad food" you would not be alone in assuming that good foods are nutritional, healthy and fresh whilst bad foods are processed, high calorie and low nutrion. Whilst this is a perfectly adequate definition and will undoubtedly lead you to a balanced diet, there could well be more to it than this...

So let's start with the obvious... Processed food. I hardly need to say that food which has been pre-prepared and pumped full of sweetners, stabilizers, emolsifiers, preservatives, sodium and saturated fats are not good for you. But are those extra few inches around your stomach the only down fall of processed food? Landfill, toxins in the water system and soil and the food miles required to combine different ingredients in one pot all add up to make a bigger, nastier picture. But perhaps the most diasterous consequence is not anything so immediate, it is the "fast-food culture" which is encouraged- if not facilitated by - cheap, throw-away food! People do not value food when it comes so easily and, as I hope to illustrate throughout the week, this is not good news for the planet or its inhabitants.