The Pegan Diet

Eating is an agricultural, environmental, and political act, not just a personal one.

Mushrooms, including shiitake, maitake, reishi, chaga, turkey tail, and cordyceps,

Simply put, the Pegan Diet is a regenerative diet—one that regenerates human and planetary health. In other words, no matter what dietary approach we choose, we should all be regenetarians.

Do not eat saturated fats in combination with starch and sugar (which unfortunately is how most people consume them); that causes inflammation, weight gain, diabetes, dementia, and heart disease.

The food group that best boosts our detox pathways is the cruciferous vegetable family (broccoli, spring greens, kale, cabbage, Brussels sprouts).

Of the eighty science-based methods to mitigate climate change documented by Project Drawdown (an organization that identifies the world’s most effective ways to draw down carbon from the atmosphere), regenerative agricultural practices were collectively the number one solution to suck carbon out of the atmosphere and reverse climate change.

Kudzu, a Japanese root, is a powerful gut-soothing food.

You want to fill 75 percent of your plate with non-starchy vegetables.