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Have you heard of the hundred mile diet?
Posted on Sep 10th 2006 8:00AM by Kristin DarguzasI have been hearing an Internet buzz lately about the Hundred Mile Diet. Have you heard of it?
It's not a typical "diet" in the sense that it doen't restrict specific calories that could contribute to weight gain, but instead focuses on eating local food, fresh and while in season whenever possible.
The Canadian founders of the diet note that when the average North American sits down to eat, each ingredient has typically travelled at least 1500 miles. This fact unsettled them (as it does me) and they resolved that, for one year, they would buy or gather their food and drink from within 100 miles of their apartment.
The personal experiment shocked them - and exposed them to all kinds of environmental issues they hadn't been aware of. The diet became a movement that continues to expand and provide personal and global benefits. Their website has 13 excellent reasons to eat local - and it's not just to save the earth.
I'm officially inspired. Go take a look here.
It's not a typical "diet" in the sense that it doen't restrict specific calories that could contribute to weight gain, but instead focuses on eating local food, fresh and while in season whenever possible.
The Canadian founders of the diet note that when the average North American sits down to eat, each ingredient has typically travelled at least 1500 miles. This fact unsettled them (as it does me) and they resolved that, for one year, they would buy or gather their food and drink from within 100 miles of their apartment.
The personal experiment shocked them - and exposed them to all kinds of environmental issues they hadn't been aware of. The diet became a movement that continues to expand and provide personal and global benefits. Their website has 13 excellent reasons to eat local - and it's not just to save the earth.
I'm officially inspired. Go take a look here.
