Plant Magic

Phytochemistry is a game changer. Your genes are designed to work with the chemical information that plants provide. Our ancestors got at least 10 times (and probably closer to 100 times) the phytochemicals we do today. The variety in our diets is dismal...processed corn, wheat, and soy.

Every day, our ancestors ate upwards of 20 different kinds of plants with complex information that interacted with genes to boost vitality and transform health.

Modern genes are starving for this chemical information. We try to remedy the deficit with "silver bullets," pills designed to target or suppress specific symptoms. But our bodies are smarter than us. That headache we are suppressing is a signal that we need more. Silencing symptoms does not fill the deficit...and the long term ramifications are serious.

We need nutrients, information, and a life that nourishes us. Food is medicine, food is information. Eat as many plants as you can. Since modern foods have fewer phytochemicals than they did 100 years ago, eating as many wild foods and herbs (with more complex phytochemistry) as you can will increase your daily dose.

Building your health requires intentionally increasing the variety in your life. How many plants will you eat today?