What San Diego Eats

What is Slow Food and why is it beneficial?

Works Cited

Unknown. "Slow Food Is Good, Clean and Fair : Slow Food USA." Welcome! : Slow Food USA. Spring 2006. Web. 23 Feb. 2011. http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/slow_food/good_clean_fair/.
Slow food is basically the opposite of fast food. The principles that slow food are based off of are that it's all natural, grown and raised, and prepared naturally. It's based off of having food for everyone, at an available and affordable price for even lower class families, or people who are struggling.
Slow Food is a great thing that's suddenly started taking hold more. Not only is it better for people and their health, but it's better for the environment because it's naturally grown, no toxic waste from anything and so on.



How drastically has portion size changed and why is it such an issue?

Works Cited

Unknown. "Portion Sizes Grow with Waistlines - Health - Diet and Nutrition - Msnbc.com." Breaking News, Weather, Business, Health, Entertainment, Sports, Politics, Travel, Science, Technology, Local, US & World News - Msnbc.com. 6 Dec. 2006. Web. 23 Feb. 2011. .
Portion size is one of the big problems that people are facing in terms of their weight gain/loss. This article talks about studies done with groups of students on whether or not they can judge, just by eying it, how much the average 'healthy' food portion is.
The conclusion is basically that it's hard to tell, and coupled with the fact that plates are larger now, and bowls are deeper, it's almost impossible to tell. Along with that, people aren't listening to their bodies as much as they should be, listening to when they're full.
I really agree with everything this article had to say for the most part. Especially about the parts where it brought up ignoring your body because there's still food on that plate to be eaten. And about how plates and bowls are bigger, so it's harder to gauge portion sizes.



Navy Medical Center San Diego. "Portion Distortion-Serving Sizes Are Growing." Navy Medicine. Spring 2003. Web. 23 Feb. 2011. .
This article shows a comparison between what portion sizes were like during the 50's and how much they've changed over the course of a little over 50 years. It talks about how restaurants have changed their portion sizes and so on, and then shows a chart which clearly shows portion sizes going up by 2-8X bigger then they used to be.
I think it's really great that they've shown the chart, it really puts it into comparison well.