HIGHLANDERS DIET (a Gaelic Scotland Nutrition Walk)
"Nowhere will you find people of robuster physique, higher spirited, or longer lived, more active in their old age and later in reaching it, than among the Highlanders; and that in spite of their entire dependence on cheese, flesh and milk. In the variety and delicate flavour of our meat we can bear comparison with the greatest countries." Sir Thomas Craig (1603, De Unione Regnorum Britannia Tractatus), translation by Charles Sanford Terry (1909, 446-47) Cnappaig ruins © 2019 Katarina Tothova Disclaimer: In no way do I suggest we all ditch plant food and load up on dairy & meat. Look at the “Highlanders diet” from a higher perspective, or the perspective of a researcher. I personally eat half of my food by volume in the form of vegetables and 90% plant-based :) If I choose meat and dairy, I try to have local, homemade, leftover bones (aimed for pet food, here in the UK!) or at least organic. My worst health problems always followed after longer periods o...
