What eating 30 plants per week actually looks like 🥬

Part 2 of the series: a 7-day food diary.

In part 1 of this series, I intro’d the basics of the 30 plants per week rule. This gut health-promoting guideline came out of an extensive study that showed that people who eat at least 30 types of plants per week have more diverse microbiomes (i.e. the trillions of beneficial bacteria living in our gut) than those who eat 10 or less.

Why is this important? Because gut bacteria diversity has been shown to correlate with better general health - i.e. stronger immunity, and decreased risk of chronic disease and mental health decline. To summarize, the more varied your diet, the better it is for your overall wellbeing.

30 plants may sound overwhelming, so for part 2, I wanted to give you a concrete idea of what it can actually look like. I tracked everything I ate - literally all my meals and snacks! - for a week to show you that it’s totally doable (and to share a look at how I actually eat in my everyday life).

At the end, I’ll share how I actually kept count (including a helpful app), what I learned from the challenge, and my thoughts on “tracking” your food. I’ll also be sharing a sneak peek into the next issue of the newsletter…

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A bit of context for this week: