First, I'd like to say I am not a medical person. I just read a lot. I have read books from The Paleo Diet to Mayim's Vegan Table. I don't have an agenda. I am just really interested in getting to the bottom of what's healthy for us to eat. I have read studies of healthy, long-living populations. Here's the conclusion I have come to: the healthiest groups of people eat mostly fresh, unprocessed food. Whether they eat meat or not, they eat lots of fruits and vegetables. Sugar and other simple carbs, like white flour, are a small part of the diet. To me, this means that The Cinnabon Diet is not a good idea, much as I would like it to be. How I apply this to my own life is to go to the Farmers' Markets in the Squares and spend with abandon. And I try not to beat myself up when I have a piece of apple pie.
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