371: We used to eat 6,000 types of plants—now we only eat 9 | Award-winning food journalist Dan Saladino

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Dan Saladino: “Just 3 species of plants provide more than 50% of the world's calories.” 

Saladino, an award-winning food journalist, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss the link between biodiversity and nutrition, plus:

- Why our diets only contain 9 species of plants (~02:50)

- What drives a lack of crop diversity (~07:28)

- The most endangered foods & what it means for your nutrition (~13:14)

- How your relationship with food affects your health (~23:13)

- How to support biodiversity in the food system (~26:05)


Referenced in the episode:

- Saladino's book, Eating To Extinction.

- Read more about farmed vs. wild salmon.

- Read more about the Hadza and their hunter-gatherer lifestyle.

- A study on the diverse gut microbiomes of Hadza hunter-gatherers.


Enjoy this episode! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com.

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Dan Saladino: “Just 3 species of plants provide more than 50% of the world's calories.” 

Saladino, an award-winning food journalist, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss the link between biodiversity and nutrition, plus:

- Why our diets only contain 9 species of plants (~02:50)

- What drives a lack of crop diversity (~07:28)

- The most endangered foods & what it means for your nutrition (~13:14)

- How your relationship with food affects your health (~23:13)

- How to support biodiversity in the food system (~26:05)


Referenced in the episode:

- Saladino's book, Eating To Extinction.

- Read more about farmed vs. wild salmon.

- Read more about the Hadza and their hunter-gatherer lifestyle.

- A study on the diverse gut microbiomes of Hadza hunter-gatherers.


Enjoy this episode! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2022-01-28 39 min
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