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Explore Traditional Diets

Why Traditional Diets?

Traditional diets inspired by rich culinary histories are a delicious guide to healthy eating. These time-honored eating patterns celebrate the abundance of earth’s offerings, highlighting seasonal and regional produce and the pleasures of the table.

Our distance from how food is grown and cooked has come at a cost. When we see the word “diet” we usually think of rigid rules that force us to give up our favorite foods, usually for weight loss. However, traditional diets–the “old ways” of eating–aren’t diets in that sense. Traditional diets are a delicious and sustainable way of enjoying healthy food for the rest of our lives. By embracing traditional diets, we can rediscover the joy in eating, without succumbing to deprivation or guilt.