Unprocessed -- how I gave up processed foods (and why it matters) | Megan Kimble | TEDxTucsonSalon

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. n January of 2012, Megan Kimble was a city-dwelling 26-year-old—busy and broke, living in a small apartment without so much as a garden plot to her name. But she cared about food: where it came from, how it was made, and what it did to her body. So she set herself a challenge: She would go an entire year without eating processed foods. In this talk, she discusses what makes a food processed and how those processes impact our bodies and communities.

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[qpatchesmanley]

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.

[USImmigrationConsultants]

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.

[cynthiawhitney]

Eating healthy is not expensive when you give up the processed foods.

[justgivemethetruth]

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?

[rainbowspirit]

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

[ronaldsalik]

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.

[JoaoZamae]

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

[ezewong]

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)

[avivahanaizdihara]

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. "

[chrisparsonson]

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

[katepark]

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.

[Funandconsciousness]

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.

[urbanrat]

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.

[its_me-nikki]

We’ve come to day and age where eating real food is a radical idea. Crazy.

[heidilpp]

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.

[debbimorgon]

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 !!

[williamslovak]

this is a great breakdown on the food processing system. I never realized the depth of the issue of processed foods.

[jmoore]

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.

[DontDissTheProgram]

Eating locally is certainly the way to go!

[vinodp]

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