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Eco Scoop
by Jac Chebatoris
 
 
Sunday, July 20, 2008 3:19 PM

Miss Jolie's new diet? Tres magnifique!

  • In a rare minute of seeming a little less superhuman, Angelina Jolie shows new moms and women everywhere that she's just like them. Her new twin babies Knox and Vivienne are less than a month old, but Angie's already vying to get back in fighting shape by going on an all-organic diet. You may not have her lips/bod/boyfriend, but you can at least eat like her!  According to a source (friend, or was it a frenemy?) who spilled the beans about her new regimen, Angie's eating a lot veggies and pumping up her intake of those very helpful and healthful Omega-3s with dishes like  "organic salmon with tomatoes, brown bread and herbs; almonds and hazelnuts with apple and honey for a snack." And Brad Pitt for dessert.

 
  • And while celebs don't usually have to worry about things like eating healthy vs. high cost of doing so like the rest of us, there is heartening news that eating local, organic food may be cheaper. The public radio show, The Splendid Table, is conducting a year-long study called Locavore Nation in which 15 people from across the nation try to get 80 percent of their food from local, organic and seasonal sources. So far, 7 out of 14 participants have reported spending less on food. And lest you think "local" means from your own backyard garden, there's leeway here: local means within 50 to 500 miles of your home. So give it a try while the fruits and vegetables of summer are still an embarrassment of riches at your local farmers market, and then see how what you've spent stacks up price-wise after shopping at the grocery store that sells grapes from from Chile.
 
  • If your town doesn't have a grocery store that stocks good organic produce, maybe try writing the CEO of the Publix chain of supermarkets. The company is opening the third of its Publix GreenWise Markets, featuring all-natural, all-organic products. Okay, so far they're all in Florida, which is good if that's where you live. But this is the harbinger, let's hope, of what's to come and slowly, slowly we'll see more affordable and accessible places (no offense Whole Foods...) to get local, organic foods.
Photo: Vladimir Mayorov--AFP/Getty