We all want a healthy diet, and we each have our own way of getting it. Some people take a daily multivitamin as an insurance policy, to make up for any vitamins or minerals they might have skimped on between the onset of breakfast and the last bite of dinner.
My approach is different. I figure that if I eat real, high-quality food, it will take care of the vitamins, minerals, fiber, phytonutrients and anything else I might need to keep on being my usual robust self. So I consume a traditional range of fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, dairy, eggs, legumes, grains, sourdough breads, coffee and wine. Most of it is organic, and aside from highly processed food, there’s little I turn down.
For me, the best nutritional insurance is diversity. In the garden, I grow as many different edibles as possible, year-round, and in the kitchen I tend to combine many of them in one soup, salad or stew. Call it the multivitamin-in-a-bowl diet.
Now that it’s September, my family and I are making sure that we go into winter with a wide variety of fresh food, in addition to what we freeze, can or dry.