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My mother got 'into' health food in the 1950s. As a family we certainly benefited from her seeking a better way of eating. She made some mistakes -- like going 'raw' when living in Northern Mexico and ending up in the ER after ingesting raw chicken from the Mexican street market. She also went vegetarian (this was pre-vegan, but she no doubt would have tried that) when my father did not do well without high protein, and suffered from her decision. My mother was always a seeker -- in religion (she tried them all) and in diet. I still call her The Pope of the Right Diet. I am still a bishop in that church.
My mother got 'into' health food in the 1950s. As a family we certainly benefited from her seeking a better way of eating. She made some mistakes -- like going 'raw' when living in Northern Mexico and ending up in the ER after ingesting raw chicken from the Mexican street market. She also went vegetarian (this was pre-vegan, but she no doubt would have tried that) when my father did not do well without high protein, and suffered from her decision. My mother was always a seeker -- in religion (she tried them all) and in diet. I still call her The Pope of the Right Diet. I am still a bishop in that church.
Raw chicken is pretty adventurous!
She was also known to drink her own pee.
okay that's extreme!