Executive chef of the world's best restaurant, Rene Redzepi, recently posted controversial tweet about ants. The celebrated chef thinks that we should take dining cues from the ancient but highly advanced insect species. It may sound a bit ridiculous at first but this may become the best heath advice by far. Rest assured that this doesn't involve a lot of sugar as you might be thinking.
As reported in Mashable, founder of the world renowned Danish restaurant Noma, Redzepi showed how he is guided by these highly intellectual insects.
I relate to ants pic.twitter.com/JJEVBePElg
— Rene Redzepi (@ReneRedzepiNoma) October 6, 2015
Last Tuesday, Redzepi posted a picture on Twitter with three samples of butter and butter-like spreads. The picture shows a plate containing margarine, reduced fat butter and whole butter. In the picture, the ants clearly shows its favourite among the three options. The whole butter is crowded with ants then the captions reads, "I relate to ants".
The photo simply shows how Redzepi selects his food and prepares his food. He prefers what ants prefer; natural, whole food as opposed to artificial additives.
Redzepi is also known to infuse insects with his dishes. He is in support of replacing conventional meat to insects as an alternative sustainable source of protein for years. With the telling picture he posted on his Twitter account, he seemed to advice everyone to act like ants.
For decades, butter has won debates about its health benefits. In 1970s and 1980s, margarine became popular as a healthier alternative to butter. But in 1990s, a Harvard study has found that the trans fat in Margarine were much worse.
It has become less popular with scientific discovery that cholesterol-laded Trans fats in the spread are actually worse for you especially when it comes to your heart. As the paleo diet became popular, people were more inclined to choose natural and less-processed food.
Redzepi also echoes messages from authors like Michael Pollan who campaigns "real food" over complicated substitutes among processed edibles. This also debunks the logic of many fad diets that promise insane claims about fake food.
The recent photo was posted as Redzepi's restaurant undergoes a transformation from a traditional restaurant to an urban farm. By the end of the year, Redzepi plans to reopen with menu composed of rotating seasonal food.
Do you find logic behind Redzepi's metaphor? This could become the best health advice that we can follow. Share us your thoughts below.
