Indy51, I think we all need to be more educated on what's happening to our food supply.
Last year I visited online forums focused on living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). As you know, these conditions are challenging to manage. And most people are unaware of or do not have adequate support on how to use diet and nutritional supplements to heal and stay in remission most of the time which leads to eliminating whole food groups from their diet.
My father and his sister both had IBD, specifically ulcerative colitis. My father had a lot of surgeries throughout his childhood, so was able to eat reasonably normally as an adult. On the other hand, my aunt wasn't affected until she was much older, didn't have surgery, and didn't tolerate vegetables well. I lost them both to cancer. My father was 62, my aunt died sometime after that, not sure if she made it to her 70's. Both died much too soon as their parents lived into their 90's, and their healthy sibling is now in her 80's.
Lucky me, I have diabetes and IBD, both of which increase my cancer risk. That's why I'm so focused on eating the most nutritionally dense diet I can while at the same time minimalizing exposure to toxins. For now, I'm also choosing to give up all grains, not just wheat, rye, barley and oats, and I'm limiting legumes until I sort out which, if any grains and legumes I can eat. Thankfully, I can still eat vegetables with all meals. Now that I'm in remission again, I can also eat raw vegetables again too.
I'm in my mid-50's now. My son is only 28. I'd like to stick around for another two to three decades in good health, in part for him as I was only 29 when my dad passed.
From my readings, I believe vegetables, herbs, and spices, mushrooms too, in addition to healthy animal and plant proteins and fats are important for good health. Am currently learning everything I can about natural approaches for preventing and managing cancer. It's fascinating reading, hopeful too.