WEALLWANTTOBE
healthy, right?Wewant
to feelgoodandhave
moreenergyand in-
creased longevity.Sadly,
someof thesmartest
peopleIknoware toobusyandstressed to
connecthow they feel towhat theyeat.
Whengauginghealth factors,many
studiesshow thatwhatwechoose to
puton theendofour forks isat leastas
importantasourgeneticsorhowmuch
weexercise. In fact,whatweeatranksas
thesinglemost important factorwhen it
comes toprematuredeathanddisease,
according toa2013study in
TheJournal
of theAmericanMedicalAssociation
.
Sohowweeat isextremely important
to feelingourbest, losingextrapounds,
slowing theagingprocessandpreventing
disease.Butwithsomanyconflicting,
often-confusingdietsout there,what is
theeasiestway toeathealthy?
Earlier thisyear,oneofmy former
professorsandmentors,best-selling
authorDr.MarkHyman,finallygavea
name to thewayI’ve tried toeat fornearly
twodecades.
“Afterresearchingnutrition for30
years,”Dr.Hymansaid, “andanalyzing
thousandsofscientificpapers, and treat-
ing tensof thousandsofpatientswith
food, Ivote forbeingaPegan!”
Thenewlycoined“Pegan”diet takes
thebestofboth thePaleoandvegandiets
tocreateabalanced, sustainable, easy-to-
followwayofeating thatmakes themost
sense forouroverallhealth.
Hymannotes that thePaleodietcan
beheavily focusedonmeat,while the
vegandiet ishigh ingrainsandbeans that
spikebloodsugar, aswellasprocessed
GoingPegan
Thenew“Pegan”diet—partPaleo,partvegan— is theeating trendof themoment
AMERICANWAY
NOVEMBER2015
87
HEALTH
ByCandaceStone
ILLUSTRATION
SERGE BLOCH
Whatwechoose toputon theendofour forks isat least
as importantasourgeneticsorhowmuchweexercise.
