MY NUTRITIONAL JOURNEY

Blessed (or cursed) with a high metabolism, I got away with merely paying lip service to nutrition guidelines through most of my 20s. Then, in 2010, my food scientist girlfriend (now wife) recommended that I read The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, which took me down the proverbial rabbit hole. One book led to another. I wasn’t sure where to stop reading. There were so many food “experts” out there, each claiming to know more than others, that it was tempting to give up trying to figure out the ideal diet. Eventually came across Ron Schmid’s Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine: Improving Health and Longevity with Native Nutrition, and that’s when I identified a practical way to go about seeking good nutrition: turning to ancestral wisdom with a contemporary twist. [Read more…]