That's an excellent point about the vegan cheese. It's close enough, much like my own concoctions that fit into what works for me. But by dropping gluten, I thrived on dairy.

I wonder how much of that is going on? It's important because bone soups and dairy are the main sources of calcium in the human diet.

When we live on junk and take supplements, we can mess up the mechanisms. The goodie doesn't go where it is supposed to. That, at least to me, is becoming increasingly clear. We can't get everything we need from the drive through. And this constant patchwork lack of nutrients wears down all the body's compensation mechanisms.

These are to get us through shortfalls, and then we eat up the stuff we missed. That cycle has been pushed to the breaking point.

Dr. Ede's new book lays all this out.