Paleo.  Keto.  Vegan.  Vegetarian.  Carnivore.  Low carb.  High Fat.

Unless you are dedicated to hundreds of hours of personal research and you feel equipped to sift through the muck of data and actual science, figuring out how to eat and what to eat can be confusing and frustrating.

As soon as we think we know, the flavor of the day seems to change.  As soon as we think we’re onto something great, we find out that it might disrupt our hormones, our sleep, our weight, our lipid profiles and it’s all changing in real time.

What works for your neighbor may not work for you, based on your ancestral make up, based on previous exposure to harmful toxins and drugs and based on your individual needs.

I would like to propose that in 2025, we move from the looking glass to the bird’s eye view.   I love the idea of bringing intention by writing a a family values-driven “food” statement of purpose.

Our family’s statement of purpose would sound something like this:

We focus simply on eating real food in its most natural form, as organic as possible and grown as close to home as possible.  Instead of getting caught in the weeds of trying to find the fountain of youth in a magic ingredient, we focus on the diversity of our diet.  This year (and the rest of our years), we’ll be eating a variety of different foods and plants of all colors, including the reds, the purples, the yellows, the greens, and the orange plants.

We’ll seek out animal meats which have been locally raised, in a natural environment, fed according to their innate natural diets and in the end, respectfully and humanely harvested.

We will be focusing on fats in their whole form and as minimally processed as possible like first cold pressed extra virgin olive oil, grass fed butter, coconut oil, ghee and tallow.

Our foods will be as organic as possible because we know that pesticides like round up are not only toxic but they are also incongruent with a real food lifestyle.

We will continue to forge lifelong relationships with our local farmers. We will prioritize community supported agriculture, eating fresh foods from our local soils.

We will plant what we can in our own yard and we will eat what we can from our own soil.

We will spend time together in the kitchen and around the table, as grateful for every bite as we are for each other.