‘If there is one takeaway from anthropological studies of ancestral diets, it’s that “diets based largely on plant foods promote health and longevity...”‘

‘During our truly formative years, perhaps the first 90 percent of our existence before we learned how to use tools, our nutritional requirements reflected an ancestral past in which we ate mostly leaves, flowers, and fruits.’ ‘Plants make antioxidants so we don’t have to.’ ‘On average, plant foods contain sixty-four times more antioxidants than animal foods.’ From 'How Not to Age' by Michael Greger, supporting our eating of mostly a variety of whole plant foods as Earth provides them... 🍠 For lunches this week…quinoa, couscous, kale, purple sweet potatoes, walnuts, dried cranberries, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, black pepper, oregano 🌿 Some avocado 🥑 on this would be a dream. 😀