So You Want a “Wilder” Keto Diet?

Holidays are when we eat a lot more than we’d eat at any other time of the year, and this often leads to some remorse and reevaluation of one’s eating habits.

For most people, happy moments are generally associated with food that tastes delicious; food that is high in calories. No matter which part of the world you look at, food that is high in calories is almost always tasty; the converse is not always true — food that is tasty is not always high in calories. In Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain wrote: “Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.” There is a whole discipline that looks at food in the context of culture, ethnography, and history — Food Anthropology, and of course there are numerous flourishing academic programs related to nutrition, dietetics, and food sciences. However, the lucrative magic-bullet diet, weight-loss, and ancillary programs that have created an industry valued at more than $189 billion globally (almost 40% of this is the $73 billion market in the US) appear to have a larger audience than do the academics.

There’s no disputing the fact that a healthy body is what gives you the edge over one that is less so, when you suddenly find yourself sick with something as common as the common cold, or as devastating as a diagnosis of cancer. It’s not unlike a car that is kept on the recommended maintenance…