Get off yer butts, ladies! And gents, too, assuming the same thing works for men.

Update: this panel urges an hour of exercise a day.

Harvard's Prof. Walter Willett (via Jane Galt) argues that in addition to staying lean and active, minimizing butter, partially hydrogenated fats high in trans fatty acids, and fat from red meat, eating instead chicken, fish, nuts, and legumes for protein, and also grains in whole grain form, plenty of fruits and vegetables, including green leafy vegetables, as well as tomato sauce.

Most people are probably not even familiar with whole grains, have never had good whole grain pasta, and haven't tried brown rice or barley. Often people haven't had the opportunity to explore these options. One of the things we want to encourage is choice. When going to a restaurant, for example, people should be offered the option of brown rice or whole grain breads and pasta.

I have had whole grain pasta. A little gritty for me, even though I eat whole grain bread almost every day.