371: We used to eat 6,000 types of plantsnow we only eat 9 | Award-winning food journalist Dan Saladino

Published: Jan. 28, 2022, 10 a.m.

b"Dan Saladino: \\u201cJust 3 species of plants provide more than 50% of the world's calories.\\u201d\\xa0\\nSaladino, an award-winning food journalist, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss the link between biodiversity and nutrition, plus:\\n- Why our diets only contain 9 species of plants (~02:50)\\n- What drives a lack of crop diversity (~07:28)\\n- The most endangered foods & what it means for your nutrition\\xa0(~13:14)\\n- How your relationship with food affects your health (~23:13)\\n- How to support biodiversity in the food system (~26:05)\\n\\nReferenced in the episode:\\n- Saladino's book, Eating To Extinction.\\n- Read more about farmed vs. wild salmon.\\n- Read more about the Hadza and their hunter-gatherer lifestyle.\\n- A study on the diverse gut microbiomes of Hadza hunter-gatherers.\\n\\nEnjoy 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:\\xa0podcast@mindbodygreen.com.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"