Katrina Thralls-Ways to Eat

Helping to create bread made me stop and think about the fact that there’s a lot of different ways people eat:

There’s the average American, who eats mostly over-portioned, greasy, high-sodium fast food prepared by other people.

There are pescetarians, who exclude meat except for fish.

There are vegetarians, who exclude all meat.

There are vegans, who exclude all animal products.

There are fruitarians, who exclude animal products, vegetables, and grains.

There are raw foodists, who eat food in its natural, raw state.

There are those who eat what they make themselves.

Now this last type flourished when the economy hit rock bottom, when people started making their own fruit and vegetable gardens. This is nothing compared to those who do so in primal cultures, where one must do every part of any sort of processing needed. If it’s an animal, that includes killing it. You have to be very connected with your food in a way that even most fruitarians and raw foodists are not.