Aging Well with Dave & Peggy

Aging Well with Dave & Peggy

I Eat Carnivore-ish. Peggy Doesn't. We're Both Doing Fine.

Jul 25, 2026
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I eat mostly animal foods.

Peggy doesn’t.

She’s been pescatarian for years.

We sit at the same table, have been together for nearly two decades, teach together, walk together, and somehow our marriage has survived this enormous nutritional crisis. 😂

I believe animal foods are extraordinarily nutritious.

Peggy apparently believes salmon deserves a fighting chance.

And here’s the strange part.

We’re both doing pretty darn well.

That has made me increasingly skeptical of one of the sillier things we do with food.

We turn it into a religion.

Carnivore.

Vegan.

Keto.

Mediterranean.

Paleo.

Plant-based.

Pick your tribe and apparently you’re supposed to spend the rest of your life explaining why everybody at the other tables is eating incorrectly.

I don’t have much interest in doing that anymore.

I Know What Works for Me

Nineteen years ago, I had type 2 diabetes and weighed 98 pounds more than I do today.

Changing how I ate was a huge part of changing my life.

My diet continued to evolve over the years.

Today I’d …

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