371: We used to eat 6,000 types of plants—now we only eat 9 | Award-winning food journalist Dan Saladino - The mindbodygreen Podcast | Transcription & Insights

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Dan Saladino: “Just 3 species of plants provide more than 50% of the world's calories.” Saladino, an award-winning food journalist, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss the link between biodiversity and nutrition, plus: - Why our diets only contain 9 species of plants (~02:50) - What drives a lack of crop diversity (~07:28) - The most endangered foods & what it means for your nutrition (~13:14) - How your relationship with food affects your health (~23:13) - How to support biodiversity in the food system (~26:05) Referenced in the episode: - Saladino's book, Eating To Extinction. - Read more about farmed vs. wild salmon. - Read more about the Hadza and their hunter-gatherer lifestyle. - A study on the diverse gut microbiomes of Hadza hunter-gatherers. Enjoy this episode! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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