yes.
i find, too, that i feel better when i cut down on processed foods in general... and reduce meat consumption.
i am tempted to adopt the Adventist Diet (ascertained by USA DOH to add 10 years of life). and it makes sense too. and i have known several people on it. the youngest of which is now 84 and one passed away at 104
however i don’t quite have the discipline, alas.
so i do occasionally eat stuff that I know is not good for health.
My husband and I tried the vegan thing for a few months years ago when it was supposed to be so great -we were both raised on ranches in remote areas, and our moms were naturalists/organic food types-but there was grass-fed, free range pork, beef and chicken on the menu along with the home-grown organic veggies and fruit, and we’d grown up eating that way. As adults following the same paleo-type diet, our systems did not like the shortage of protein and animal fat in the vegan diet. We lost energy, so we took most of the grains-especially wheat-out of the diet, put back the meat and went back to the paleo eating. I’ve eaten that way since.
There are quite a few people who are naturalists here. Some eat like I do, some are vegan, and some even eat baked stuff with refined processed sugar and processed/white flour which makes no sense to me-once it is processed, it is not “organic”. the small-chain grocery store 20 miles away has grass-fed, free range meat, cage-free eggs, local organic-grown veggies and many of the same brands of organic stuff as stores in the city like Whole Foods carry-Bob’s Red Mill, Hain, etc. There are also a couple of farm to table restaurants here-located on the real farm/guest ranches where the food is grown/produced. The food there is fresh, well-prepared and they have both Texas and California wines as well as from France, Argentina, etc...