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

The mindbodygreen Podcast · Jan 28, 2022 · 39m

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…