Navigating Nutrition

I am firmly not a fan of fad diets.

In fact, I’m not a fan of *dieting* at all. I am a fan of good quality ingredients, carefully prepared: mostly vegetables, the highest quality proteins I can get, and  supplemented with fruits and grains in moderation.

For the last 2 and half or so years, we’ve worked towards a “primal” diet with various degrees of success. Our adherence tends to pendulum swing based on the degree that my husband’s GI issues are bothering him. We were initially encouraged to try the Paleo/Primal approach to nutrition by my husband’s Special Forces doctors as they struggled to find the appropriate treatment for his undiagnosed GI issues. It turned out that while he struggled with the lack of processed food, our son and I felt wonderful and were satisfied.

But if any of you have ever tried to drag a reluctant spouse along on a “diet” you know how incredibly subtle the undermining can be. And like sailing with your anchor down, that undermining can have a disastrous impact on even the best laid plans.

As if navigating the ever changing, variety of opinions about nutrition wasn’t hard enough!