George Eckrich’s March Newsletter from his Dr. Kracker blog encourages us to re-evaluate our thinking in regard to our modern day eating, activity, and exercise culture.
“Since March is National Nutrition Month, I thought it would be appropriate to look at how the average American workday — the way most of us spend the majority of our waking hours — affects our physical activity. It used to be that work was the source of our exercise, but that’s certainly not true for most of us today.”
George likes to quote Michael Pollan (“Food Rules”): “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” – from his bestselling book “Omnivore’s Dilemma”, concluding that “if we all followed this simple directive (with a corollary of “cook frequently”) we’d be in good shape”.
“In just 3 or 4 generations, we as a nation have exchanged shovels and tools for power tools, desks, telephones, and keyboards. We have fully entered an era in which little activity is demanded from our lives. Being paid for physical work has for the most part changed to paying to work out.”
Taking a closer look at his own years as an artisan baker and comparing his dad’s CEO lifestyle with his mom’s busy homemaker’s days, George finds inspiration and wisdom for his common-sense approach to eating and activity habits.
“Mom never needed to ‘work out’ in any modern sense of the word; she was in a constant state of activity, except for the single hour in the afternoon when she laid down for a refreshing nap. A life full of work and activity has kept her trim her entire life.”
As the manager of this blog for George Eckrich I can testify to a definite positive impact of George’s teachings in my life. And I’m a German meat and potatoes hard head! So, mosey on over to Dr. Kracker’s web site and read the full newsletter here: “Recreating our Activity and Exercise Culture”