Why the Food Pyramid Can’t Be Trusted But Evolution Can

With so much conflicting nutritional information today, people are very confused about what constitutes a healthy diet. If you were to listen to mainstream media and the medical establishment, you would think a healthy diet meant having whole-grain cereal, pasteurized milk, fruit, and orange juice for breakfast, a potato salad and fruit for lunch, a bowl of pasta, some vegetables and sourdough bread for dinner.

But these dietary recommendations have more to do with food lobbies than physiology. In today’s interview, Nora Gedgaudas, author of Primal Body-Primal Mind, talks about what constitutes a healthy diet based on our evolutionary history–a diet that promotes health for both body and mind.

We discuss:

Nora’s childhood interests in nature
How she became interested in nutrition as a field of study
The diets and lifespans of primitive cultures
Concerns with supplementation as a health strategy
What having a primal body means
The difference between produce we buy and wild, edible plants
Plant toxins such as solanin, goitrogens, and phytic acid
How the foods we eat affect our mental health
What foods contribute to poor mental functioning
The idiocy that is the food pyramid

Total time: 44 minutes.

Interview

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Bio

Nora Gedgaudas has a background in diet and nutrition spanning some 25 years and is a widely recognized, respected and sought-after expert in the field. She is recognized by the Nutritional Therapy Association as a Certified Nutritional Therapist (CNT) and is also Board-certified in Holistic Nutrition ® through the National Association of Nutritional Professionals (NANP). She hosts a program on Voice America’s Health and Wellness channel. She maintains a private practice in Portland, Oregon as both a CNT and a Board-certified Clinical Neurofeedback Specialist (CNS). You can learn more about Nora by visiting her website Primal Body-Primal Mind.