Comments on: I’m a Nutritarian http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/ ...explorations in complex adaptive systems... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rafe Furst http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/#comment-2720 Rafe Furst Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:18:13 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=2094#comment-2720 The NYT article is from 2002 and while good for that time, a lot of solid data has come out since that suggests eating lots of meat and fats is not great for your long-term health. One issue is that most of the meat, foul and fish supply is corn-fed and also contaminated toxins in the U.S. in a way that was not so 30 years ago. But that aside, there is large-scale epidemiological data that shows animal protein consumption is correlated with higher mortality and morbidity. There are exceptions to this "rule of thumb" and pockets of communities where it's not clear why their high animal protein/fat diet isn't worse, but from everything I've read, it would be hard to recommend to a modern-day American that they shouldn't decrease their animal product consumption. The NYT article is from 2002 and while good for that time, a lot of solid data has come out since that suggests eating lots of meat and fats is not great for your long-term health. One issue is that most of the meat, foul and fish supply is corn-fed and also contaminated toxins in the U.S. in a way that was not so 30 years ago. But that aside, there is large-scale epidemiological data that shows animal protein consumption is correlated with higher mortality and morbidity. There are exceptions to this “rule of thumb” and pockets of communities where it’s not clear why their high animal protein/fat diet isn’t worse, but from everything I’ve read, it would be hard to recommend to a modern-day American that they shouldn’t decrease their animal product consumption.

]]> By: Alex Golubev http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/#comment-2667 Alex Golubev Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:29:33 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=2094#comment-2667 I think you bring up an important issue here. I may want to be a nutritarian, but it seems that there is a wide variety of opinion of what IS nutritious. Taking supplements may be a good idea until we discover that 300% of vitamin J can 10x your chances of gene mutations if you don't balance it with some other nutrient. So while I agree with the goal of nutritarians, I am a bit lax on what should constitute a nutritarian's diet. So I am a member of the "weak" version of the nutritarians (no pop and more cheerios than cinamon toast crunch) :) I think you bring up an important issue here. I may want to be a nutritarian, but it seems that there is a wide variety of opinion of what IS nutritious. Taking supplements may be a good idea until we discover that 300% of vitamin J can 10x your chances of gene mutations if you don’t balance it with some other nutrient. So while I agree with the goal of nutritarians, I am a bit lax on what should constitute a nutritarian’s diet. So I am a member of the “weak” version of the nutritarians (no pop and more cheerios than cinamon toast crunch) :)

]]> By: TheQuickBrownFox http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/#comment-2658 TheQuickBrownFox Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:26:28 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=2094#comment-2658 I am a nutritarian but far from vegan. I avoid processed foods and go for foods rich in macronutrients but this includes lots of meat and fats. It is a myth that these things are bad for your health. In fact they are necessary for optimal health. Not that your way of eating is bad for you. It is probably much better than what I will call "conventional". Here is a good place to start: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html Regards. I am a nutritarian but far from vegan. I avoid processed foods and go for foods rich in macronutrients but this includes lots of meat and fats. It is a myth that these things are bad for your health. In fact they are necessary for optimal health. Not that your way of eating is bad for you. It is probably much better than what I will call “conventional”.

Here is a good place to start: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html

Regards.

]]> By: Tiltmom http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/ ...explorations in complex adaptive systems... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comments on: I’m a Nutritarian http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/ ...explorations in complex adaptive systems... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rafe Furst http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/#comment-2720 Rafe Furst Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:18:13 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=2094#comment-2720 The NYT article is from 2002 and while good for that time, a lot of solid data has come out since that suggests eating lots of meat and fats is not great for your long-term health. One issue is that most of the meat, foul and fish supply is corn-fed and also contaminated toxins in the U.S. in a way that was not so 30 years ago. But that aside, there is large-scale epidemiological data that shows animal protein consumption is correlated with higher mortality and morbidity. There are exceptions to this "rule of thumb" and pockets of communities where it's not clear why their high animal protein/fat diet isn't worse, but from everything I've read, it would be hard to recommend to a modern-day American that they shouldn't decrease their animal product consumption. The NYT article is from 2002 and while good for that time, a lot of solid data has come out since that suggests eating lots of meat and fats is not great for your long-term health. One issue is that most of the meat, foul and fish supply is corn-fed and also contaminated toxins in the U.S. in a way that was not so 30 years ago. But that aside, there is large-scale epidemiological data that shows animal protein consumption is correlated with higher mortality and morbidity. There are exceptions to this “rule of thumb” and pockets of communities where it’s not clear why their high animal protein/fat diet isn’t worse, but from everything I’ve read, it would be hard to recommend to a modern-day American that they shouldn’t decrease their animal product consumption.

]]> By: Alex Golubev http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/#comment-2667 Alex Golubev Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:29:33 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=2094#comment-2667 I think you bring up an important issue here. I may want to be a nutritarian, but it seems that there is a wide variety of opinion of what IS nutritious. Taking supplements may be a good idea until we discover that 300% of vitamin J can 10x your chances of gene mutations if you don't balance it with some other nutrient. So while I agree with the goal of nutritarians, I am a bit lax on what should constitute a nutritarian's diet. So I am a member of the "weak" version of the nutritarians (no pop and more cheerios than cinamon toast crunch) :) I think you bring up an important issue here. I may want to be a nutritarian, but it seems that there is a wide variety of opinion of what IS nutritious. Taking supplements may be a good idea until we discover that 300% of vitamin J can 10x your chances of gene mutations if you don’t balance it with some other nutrient. So while I agree with the goal of nutritarians, I am a bit lax on what should constitute a nutritarian’s diet. So I am a member of the “weak” version of the nutritarians (no pop and more cheerios than cinamon toast crunch) :)

]]> By: TheQuickBrownFox http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/#comment-2658 TheQuickBrownFox Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:26:28 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=2094#comment-2658 I am a nutritarian but far from vegan. I avoid processed foods and go for foods rich in macronutrients but this includes lots of meat and fats. It is a myth that these things are bad for your health. In fact they are necessary for optimal health. Not that your way of eating is bad for you. It is probably much better than what I will call "conventional". Here is a good place to start: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html Regards. I am a nutritarian but far from vegan. I avoid processed foods and go for foods rich in macronutrients but this includes lots of meat and fats. It is a myth that these things are bad for your health. In fact they are necessary for optimal health. Not that your way of eating is bad for you. It is probably much better than what I will call “conventional”.

Here is a good place to start: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html

Regards.

]]> By: Tiltmom http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/#comment-2720 Rafe Furst Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:18:13 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=2094#comment-2720 The NYT article is from 2002 and while good for that time, a lot of solid data has come out since that suggests eating lots of meat and fats is not great for your long-term health. One issue is that most of the meat, foul and fish supply is corn-fed and also contaminated toxins in the U.S. in a way that was not so 30 years ago. But that aside, there is large-scale epidemiological data that shows animal protein consumption is correlated with higher mortality and morbidity. There are exceptions to this "rule of thumb" and pockets of communities where it's not clear why their high animal protein/fat diet isn't worse, but from everything I've read, it would be hard to recommend to a modern-day American that they shouldn't decrease their animal product consumption. The NYT article is from 2002 and while good for that time, a lot of solid data has come out since that suggests eating lots of meat and fats is not great for your long-term health. One issue is that most of the meat, foul and fish supply is corn-fed and also contaminated toxins in the U.S. in a way that was not so 30 years ago. But that aside, there is large-scale epidemiological data that shows animal protein consumption is correlated with higher mortality and morbidity. There are exceptions to this “rule of thumb” and pockets of communities where it’s not clear why their high animal protein/fat diet isn’t worse, but from everything I’ve read, it would be hard to recommend to a modern-day American that they shouldn’t decrease their animal product consumption.

]]> Comments on: I’m a Nutritarian http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/ ...explorations in complex adaptive systems... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rafe Furst http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/#comment-2720 Rafe Furst Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:18:13 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=2094#comment-2720 The NYT article is from 2002 and while good for that time, a lot of solid data has come out since that suggests eating lots of meat and fats is not great for your long-term health. One issue is that most of the meat, foul and fish supply is corn-fed and also contaminated toxins in the U.S. in a way that was not so 30 years ago. But that aside, there is large-scale epidemiological data that shows animal protein consumption is correlated with higher mortality and morbidity. There are exceptions to this "rule of thumb" and pockets of communities where it's not clear why their high animal protein/fat diet isn't worse, but from everything I've read, it would be hard to recommend to a modern-day American that they shouldn't decrease their animal product consumption. The NYT article is from 2002 and while good for that time, a lot of solid data has come out since that suggests eating lots of meat and fats is not great for your long-term health. One issue is that most of the meat, foul and fish supply is corn-fed and also contaminated toxins in the U.S. in a way that was not so 30 years ago. But that aside, there is large-scale epidemiological data that shows animal protein consumption is correlated with higher mortality and morbidity. There are exceptions to this “rule of thumb” and pockets of communities where it’s not clear why their high animal protein/fat diet isn’t worse, but from everything I’ve read, it would be hard to recommend to a modern-day American that they shouldn’t decrease their animal product consumption.

]]> By: Alex Golubev http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/#comment-2667 Alex Golubev Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:29:33 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=2094#comment-2667 I think you bring up an important issue here. I may want to be a nutritarian, but it seems that there is a wide variety of opinion of what IS nutritious. Taking supplements may be a good idea until we discover that 300% of vitamin J can 10x your chances of gene mutations if you don't balance it with some other nutrient. So while I agree with the goal of nutritarians, I am a bit lax on what should constitute a nutritarian's diet. So I am a member of the "weak" version of the nutritarians (no pop and more cheerios than cinamon toast crunch) :) I think you bring up an important issue here. I may want to be a nutritarian, but it seems that there is a wide variety of opinion of what IS nutritious. Taking supplements may be a good idea until we discover that 300% of vitamin J can 10x your chances of gene mutations if you don’t balance it with some other nutrient. So while I agree with the goal of nutritarians, I am a bit lax on what should constitute a nutritarian’s diet. So I am a member of the “weak” version of the nutritarians (no pop and more cheerios than cinamon toast crunch) :)

]]> By: TheQuickBrownFox http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/#comment-2658 TheQuickBrownFox Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:26:28 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=2094#comment-2658 I am a nutritarian but far from vegan. I avoid processed foods and go for foods rich in macronutrients but this includes lots of meat and fats. It is a myth that these things are bad for your health. In fact they are necessary for optimal health. Not that your way of eating is bad for you. It is probably much better than what I will call "conventional". Here is a good place to start: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html Regards. I am a nutritarian but far from vegan. I avoid processed foods and go for foods rich in macronutrients but this includes lots of meat and fats. It is a myth that these things are bad for your health. In fact they are necessary for optimal health. Not that your way of eating is bad for you. It is probably much better than what I will call “conventional”.

Here is a good place to start: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html

Regards.

]]> By: Tiltmom http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/#comment-2667 Alex Golubev Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:29:33 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=2094#comment-2667 I think you bring up an important issue here. I may want to be a nutritarian, but it seems that there is a wide variety of opinion of what IS nutritious. Taking supplements may be a good idea until we discover that 300% of vitamin J can 10x your chances of gene mutations if you don't balance it with some other nutrient. So while I agree with the goal of nutritarians, I am a bit lax on what should constitute a nutritarian's diet. So I am a member of the "weak" version of the nutritarians (no pop and more cheerios than cinamon toast crunch) :) I think you bring up an important issue here. I may want to be a nutritarian, but it seems that there is a wide variety of opinion of what IS nutritious. Taking supplements may be a good idea until we discover that 300% of vitamin J can 10x your chances of gene mutations if you don’t balance it with some other nutrient. So while I agree with the goal of nutritarians, I am a bit lax on what should constitute a nutritarian’s diet. So I am a member of the “weak” version of the nutritarians (no pop and more cheerios than cinamon toast crunch) :)

]]> Comments on: I’m a Nutritarian http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/ ...explorations in complex adaptive systems... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rafe Furst http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/#comment-2720 Rafe Furst Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:18:13 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=2094#comment-2720 The NYT article is from 2002 and while good for that time, a lot of solid data has come out since that suggests eating lots of meat and fats is not great for your long-term health. One issue is that most of the meat, foul and fish supply is corn-fed and also contaminated toxins in the U.S. in a way that was not so 30 years ago. But that aside, there is large-scale epidemiological data that shows animal protein consumption is correlated with higher mortality and morbidity. There are exceptions to this "rule of thumb" and pockets of communities where it's not clear why their high animal protein/fat diet isn't worse, but from everything I've read, it would be hard to recommend to a modern-day American that they shouldn't decrease their animal product consumption. The NYT article is from 2002 and while good for that time, a lot of solid data has come out since that suggests eating lots of meat and fats is not great for your long-term health. One issue is that most of the meat, foul and fish supply is corn-fed and also contaminated toxins in the U.S. in a way that was not so 30 years ago. But that aside, there is large-scale epidemiological data that shows animal protein consumption is correlated with higher mortality and morbidity. There are exceptions to this “rule of thumb” and pockets of communities where it’s not clear why their high animal protein/fat diet isn’t worse, but from everything I’ve read, it would be hard to recommend to a modern-day American that they shouldn’t decrease their animal product consumption.

]]> By: Alex Golubev http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/#comment-2667 Alex Golubev Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:29:33 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=2094#comment-2667 I think you bring up an important issue here. I may want to be a nutritarian, but it seems that there is a wide variety of opinion of what IS nutritious. Taking supplements may be a good idea until we discover that 300% of vitamin J can 10x your chances of gene mutations if you don't balance it with some other nutrient. So while I agree with the goal of nutritarians, I am a bit lax on what should constitute a nutritarian's diet. So I am a member of the "weak" version of the nutritarians (no pop and more cheerios than cinamon toast crunch) :) I think you bring up an important issue here. I may want to be a nutritarian, but it seems that there is a wide variety of opinion of what IS nutritious. Taking supplements may be a good idea until we discover that 300% of vitamin J can 10x your chances of gene mutations if you don’t balance it with some other nutrient. So while I agree with the goal of nutritarians, I am a bit lax on what should constitute a nutritarian’s diet. So I am a member of the “weak” version of the nutritarians (no pop and more cheerios than cinamon toast crunch) :)

]]> By: TheQuickBrownFox http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/#comment-2658 TheQuickBrownFox Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:26:28 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=2094#comment-2658 I am a nutritarian but far from vegan. I avoid processed foods and go for foods rich in macronutrients but this includes lots of meat and fats. It is a myth that these things are bad for your health. In fact they are necessary for optimal health. Not that your way of eating is bad for you. It is probably much better than what I will call "conventional". Here is a good place to start: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html Regards. I am a nutritarian but far from vegan. I avoid processed foods and go for foods rich in macronutrients but this includes lots of meat and fats. It is a myth that these things are bad for your health. In fact they are necessary for optimal health. Not that your way of eating is bad for you. It is probably much better than what I will call “conventional”.

Here is a good place to start: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html

Regards.

]]> By: Tiltmom http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/#comment-2658 TheQuickBrownFox Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:26:28 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=2094#comment-2658 I am a nutritarian but far from vegan. I avoid processed foods and go for foods rich in macronutrients but this includes lots of meat and fats. It is a myth that these things are bad for your health. In fact they are necessary for optimal health. Not that your way of eating is bad for you. It is probably much better than what I will call "conventional". Here is a good place to start: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html Regards. I am a nutritarian but far from vegan. I avoid processed foods and go for foods rich in macronutrients but this includes lots of meat and fats. It is a myth that these things are bad for your health. In fact they are necessary for optimal health. Not that your way of eating is bad for you. It is probably much better than what I will call “conventional”.

Here is a good place to start: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html

Regards.

]]> Comments on: I’m a Nutritarian http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/ ...explorations in complex adaptive systems... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rafe Furst http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/#comment-2720 Rafe Furst Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:18:13 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=2094#comment-2720 The NYT article is from 2002 and while good for that time, a lot of solid data has come out since that suggests eating lots of meat and fats is not great for your long-term health. One issue is that most of the meat, foul and fish supply is corn-fed and also contaminated toxins in the U.S. in a way that was not so 30 years ago. But that aside, there is large-scale epidemiological data that shows animal protein consumption is correlated with higher mortality and morbidity. There are exceptions to this "rule of thumb" and pockets of communities where it's not clear why their high animal protein/fat diet isn't worse, but from everything I've read, it would be hard to recommend to a modern-day American that they shouldn't decrease their animal product consumption. The NYT article is from 2002 and while good for that time, a lot of solid data has come out since that suggests eating lots of meat and fats is not great for your long-term health. One issue is that most of the meat, foul and fish supply is corn-fed and also contaminated toxins in the U.S. in a way that was not so 30 years ago. But that aside, there is large-scale epidemiological data that shows animal protein consumption is correlated with higher mortality and morbidity. There are exceptions to this “rule of thumb” and pockets of communities where it’s not clear why their high animal protein/fat diet isn’t worse, but from everything I’ve read, it would be hard to recommend to a modern-day American that they shouldn’t decrease their animal product consumption.

]]> By: Alex Golubev http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/#comment-2667 Alex Golubev Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:29:33 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=2094#comment-2667 I think you bring up an important issue here. I may want to be a nutritarian, but it seems that there is a wide variety of opinion of what IS nutritious. Taking supplements may be a good idea until we discover that 300% of vitamin J can 10x your chances of gene mutations if you don't balance it with some other nutrient. So while I agree with the goal of nutritarians, I am a bit lax on what should constitute a nutritarian's diet. So I am a member of the "weak" version of the nutritarians (no pop and more cheerios than cinamon toast crunch) :) I think you bring up an important issue here. I may want to be a nutritarian, but it seems that there is a wide variety of opinion of what IS nutritious. Taking supplements may be a good idea until we discover that 300% of vitamin J can 10x your chances of gene mutations if you don’t balance it with some other nutrient. So while I agree with the goal of nutritarians, I am a bit lax on what should constitute a nutritarian’s diet. So I am a member of the “weak” version of the nutritarians (no pop and more cheerios than cinamon toast crunch) :)

]]> By: TheQuickBrownFox http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/#comment-2658 TheQuickBrownFox Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:26:28 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=2094#comment-2658 I am a nutritarian but far from vegan. I avoid processed foods and go for foods rich in macronutrients but this includes lots of meat and fats. It is a myth that these things are bad for your health. In fact they are necessary for optimal health. Not that your way of eating is bad for you. It is probably much better than what I will call "conventional". Here is a good place to start: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html Regards. I am a nutritarian but far from vegan. I avoid processed foods and go for foods rich in macronutrients but this includes lots of meat and fats. It is a myth that these things are bad for your health. In fact they are necessary for optimal health. Not that your way of eating is bad for you. It is probably much better than what I will call “conventional”.

Here is a good place to start: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html

Regards.

]]> By: Tiltmom http://emergentfool.com/2009/08/30/im-a-nutritarian/#comment-2646 Tiltmom Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:48:30 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=2094#comment-2646 I'm 10% veganer than thou, but I too identify as a nutritarian. When I describe my way of eating to people, I tell them that I focus more on what I *do* eat, rather than what I don't eat. My goal is to eat a pound of raw vegetables (hello green smoothie!) and a pound of cooked vegetables every day, as well as several servings of fruit. I also make it a point to eat an ounce of nuts and seeds. On occasion, that's enough food to satisfy me for the day, and I simply don't eat anymore. But on the days that I'm still hungry, I'll add beans to a salad or soup, and have some whole grains. I eat fish weekly, and steak once a month. [Dairy is no longer a part of my diet, but that's due to a casein intolerance. Otherwise, I would celebrate birthdays, etc. with the traditional cakes, rather than my vegan versions.] My desserts are calorie rich and tasty (ask me about my bluevado pie!) and no longer leave me craving the empty calories. I'm not saying I don't understand the appeal of cheesecake anymore, but it's not visceral for me now. My body gets what it needs nutritionally, and my cues to eat are usually hunger-driven, not emotional. It took time for my body to adapt to this new way of eating, but now that I'm here, it's hard to imagine eating any other way. I’m 10% veganer than thou, but I too identify as a nutritarian. When I describe my way of eating to people, I tell them that I focus more on what I *do* eat, rather than what I don’t eat.

My goal is to eat a pound of raw vegetables (hello green smoothie!) and a pound of cooked vegetables every day, as well as several servings of fruit. I also make it a point to eat an ounce of nuts and seeds. On occasion, that’s enough food to satisfy me for the day, and I simply don’t eat anymore. But on the days that I’m still hungry, I’ll add beans to a salad or soup, and have some whole grains.

I eat fish weekly, and steak once a month. [Dairy is no longer a part of my diet, but that's due to a casein intolerance. Otherwise, I would celebrate birthdays, etc. with the traditional cakes, rather than my vegan versions.]

My desserts are calorie rich and tasty (ask me about my bluevado pie!) and no longer leave me craving the empty calories. I’m not saying I don’t understand the appeal of cheesecake anymore, but it’s not visceral for me now. My body gets what it needs nutritionally, and my cues to eat are usually hunger-driven, not emotional.

It took time for my body to adapt to this new way of eating, but now that I’m here, it’s hard to imagine eating any other way.

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