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FLEXITARIAN DIET: GOOD FOR YOU, GOOD FOR THE PLANET

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  BY DR. SAM REHNBORG, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR Our best chance to sustainably feed the world is to follow what is now being called a flexitarian diet. A flexitarian diet is a vegetarian diet with a little flexibility. It’s largely plant-based, but also includes a moderate amount of fish, meat, dairy and other animal foods. You’ll find the wisdom of my father,  Nutrilite™ founder Carl Rehnborg , in the flexitarian diet. After all, the foundation of Nutrilite supplements and philosophy has always revolved around plants. While my father was living and working in Shanghai during the 1920s, he was fascinated by how people living on rural farms with access to plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables were healthier than city dwellers. He also knew cows grazing solely on alfalfa and water had shiny coats and produced plenty of milk. He theorized, plants must contain yet-to-be-discovered compounds important for health, compounds he called “associated food factors,” known as phytonutrients today. Benefit