I got my guy to go paleo and to stop eating margarine-I pointed out to him that if margarine had a couple more ingredients it would qualify as a plastic-and that he would likely get more nutrition from eating the box his favorite dry cereal came in than from eating the sugary, processed cereal inside...
My diet is organic paleo-I do include dairy products-natural yogurt-no added sugar or any of that stuff-some cheese, and butter. the nearest “real” grocery store is part of a small chain only found in rural areas that carries mostly local organic produce, grass fed beef, pork, chicken, etc, great selection of fresh ground and whole bean coffee, too They also carry organic packaged brands-Hain, Bob’s Red Mill, etc. Organic eating has been a big deal in rural areas for a long time, but since the paleo-low carb non-GMO diets became popular it is even more so...
The shift from a natural dairy, fresh produce and protein diet to a low fat high grain-and-processed food diet is what has gotten people obese, lowered natural immunity so they are sick and taking drugs all the time, etc-the only people who got a benefit from it have made big bucks-doctors, drug companies and food manufacturers like Kraft, Pillsbury, etc. My family was considered a little weird when I was a kid because of their disdain for drugs except as a matter of life and death-and the insistence on organic food-now all these years later people are seeing it was the healthy way to live all along...
Margerines are disgusting. I remember my dear old mum buying a fridge back in the 1960’s. It came loaded with some food as part of the deal. One of the foods was a 2 foot long extrusion of margerine wrapped in red plastic. I hated it then and loathe it to this day. Any vegetable based muck that is solid at room temp is lethal. The big grain multinationals started the anti dairy hysteria. They turned the food pyramid upside down. I eat some grains (oats mostly for breakfast), but don’t make them a big part of my diet like we have been told for decades. If a person just ditched solid at room temp oils in their diet and over consumption of fruit juices they could make a big difference in health. Living a rustic life in a big urban environment is not that hard. Nor should a hectic life preclude it. Mind you, I wouldn’t want to be in a city when the SHTF. Don’t fancy being eaten. Or ending up as a resource to make food ( Soylent Green and Logan’s Run). But the rise of neo Commies might just bring that about.