Evolving Food Philosophy

I recently read

that in conjunction with seeing these two great TED talks has really made me re-evaluate how much meat my family eats. While never a "meat makes the meal" kinda of a gal, heck I was mostly-vegetarian for damn-near ten years, weren't we all in our teens/twenties? More recently we had recently fallen into a string of meals based around more animal based protein.

Campbell, Wahls and Li all present A LOT of compelling research and personal antidotes for a largely plant based, whole foods diet. While not advocating for exactly the same diet there is commonality: Eat more vegetables. 

I suspect dietitians, nutritionists, doctors will never agree on the ideal diet. Likely because humans evolved in a wide range of environments with a huge variety of edible food stuffs available to them. Meaning we are hard-wired to thrive on any number of styles of eating. Hopefully, we can all agree on just two points and speak with a loud, clear and strong voice:  1. None of us evolved in environments rich with overly processed foods (think Velveeta) and 2. You just can't go wrong with more (like way more) whole vegetables, fruit, and whole grains.

While not "giving up" meat or dairy product completely we are making a conscious effort to eat more (like way more) veggies around here.