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"...To find some ideas on how to steer clear of processed foods, I called up two local experts.
Naturopathic doctor Peter Knight practices at True North in Falmouth, and for the past year has been conducting a series of classes called "Omnivore's Delight." Each class explores a particular whole food - such as beans or broccoli - and offers a variety of recipes and recommendations for incorporating this food into meals.
On Jan. 19, he'll teach a class about lentils, in which eh'll prepare a Moroccan red lentil soup, a French lentil salad and dosas - an Indian crepe made from ground lentils. (The class costs $25, and you can register by calling 781-6772.)
"A lot of people who come into my practice are eating very processed diets," Knight said.
He sees this often with children, who eat a lot of white bread, highly processed peanut butter, french fries, chicken nuggets, potato chips and candy.
"With kids, I find that parents are afraid to change things in their kids' diets," Knight said.
The fear, he said is based on a mistaken belief that little Johnny "won't eat anything else." There's typically some validity to this statement, but it can be overcome by introducing the child to a wide variety of whole foods, allowing the child to select food at the farmers market, and gardening together as a family.
...[Susan] Lebel Young and Knight join author Pollan in recommending that we avoid the central aisles of supermarkets, where packaged and processed foods dominate, and instead advocate cruising the produce section, bulk aisle, meat counter and seafood department...Beyond choosing foods in their whole form, Knight says you need to read labels.
He offers three questions you should ask: "Are there ingredients you don't recognize? Are there a lot of ingredients? Can you recognize where the ingredients come from?"
Should you answer "yes" to the first two and "no" to the final question, you're looking at a processed food..."
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