Nurtrition

I was in the car with some friends recently and we began discussing evolutionary diets. The specific topic was how certain individuals are better suited for specific types of foods based on their ancestry. And it really got me thinking (again) about nutrition and how much shit we ingest on a daily basis that would have made our ancestors sick.

I plan on keeping a food journal for the next 40 days to catalogue what I eat, how frequently I eat and to see if there is correlation based on what I ingest and my mood/well-being. If all goes well, I'll get a bit on insight into my illusive moods and hopefully get a regulatory hold on them. At the worst, I'll realise how badly I need to eat more vegetables. They make me happy.

During this conversation about food and nutrition, I mentioned that there is a company in Sarasota, FL that will take a cheek swab and give you your ancestry, in percentages. For example, I might be 50& African, 25& European and 25% Native American. One of my friends, my wise old OWL, said that she'd entertained thoughts of the testing, before she found out that the company that we would be handing our DNA over to is a huge conglomerate that would most likely be conducting tests with our cells.  That was a little off-putting, esp after reading Michael Crichton's Next.

I reckon that I can do a bit of research and find a jumping-off point as far as a diet that works for me. It will probably consist of fewer dairy products (>__<), but I've got to expand my palate. :( On the bright side, that means recipe searches and cooking, both of which I love. I love coking. I wish my kitchen was cleaner so I would be more inclined to do more of it. But alas, that is another blog.