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Several years back I was waiting in the office of my dermatologist having a routine visit after he had found (and removed) a skin cancer from my body. This was one of several 5-year bi-monthly checkups where checks and tests would be run to ensure that there was no reappearance of the melanoma.
I remember he walked in and saw a bit of worry on my face as I was waiting for the results. He told me immediately that the results were good (like always). He advised, as he always did, to try to prevent from getting burnt by the sun, which will help make getting melanoma less likely. He additionally repeated that although melanoma is the most deadly cancer, it is also the most curable, when caught soon enough, therefore be sure to not miss any visits.
Always being conscious that food plays a role in health, and knowing that this particular doctor was "health conscious" as he was a vegan and arrived to work on a bike most days, on this particular appointment I decided to ask about food. Although I basically ate "whatever" at the time, I wanted to know "isn't what we eat a large factor in our health and our capability of fighting disease?". His reply was along the lines of "you don't eat processed foods and you consume lots of greens, so what else could you do".
I think that was his way of recommending a whole foods diet. As I dove right in educating myself about nutrition, whole foods, the different diets, it eventually brought me to the concept of vegetarianism, as well as veganism. I assumed that those diet programs equated to health however that's not always the case, so I moved on with my research to find out how to be the most healthy.
When I learned about raw food, I felt that was it. I figured eating a raw, organic, vegan diet was the best way to eat. I'm not as convinced now that the "typical" raw food diet is "it" after studying a little more. I listened to plenty of interviews with Daniel Vitalis in relation to "wild foods", and it really made a lot of sense. He discusses how wild foods are "more powerful" and that they might tap a root through several layers of concrete just to survive. Plus, they often have medicinal qualities that can help to "tonify" our organs.
He has suggested that lots of what we consume, or a lot of what raw food eaters as well as vegans eat is what he calls domesticated foods, foods that were modified over the decades to become new versions of old foods. I believe he stated that the domesticated banana, being so different from its' wild counterpart, is likened to the difference between a chihuahua and a wolf.
So, how do we go about "going wild"? It's not always simple for individuals to visit the forest, pluck wild health food and make teas, tinctures, salads, etc, but there is something that can be done. "Bitters" are found in food stores, and these could be the closest to "wild" foods that are available "domestically".
Some of the usual "wild-ish" greens that I personally include in my food regime are: arugula, dandelion, carrot tops, collard greens, watercress and sometimes endive. Spinach and kale may qualify as bitters nevertheless we're already adding those into our meals aren't we? :)
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