Hi Dave
You are right, a simple diet is the optimum way to go. Other animals do not know the nutritional content of their food and indeed are not bothered. They just eat biologically appropriate food ie food that they are drawn to and able to obtain through their natural design e.g. Lions able to run after a deer and tear it apart with its teeth etc. Sorry for the graphic example.
To look at what we humans are designed to eat, we only have to look at our physiology - our teeth, our hands, our digestive system etc. What food we would instinctively choose bar technological advance, creation of stimulating recipes etc. Would we chase after a rabbit, pull it apart with our hands and begin to tuck in, I don't think so. Or would we pick fruit off a tree, or pluck some fresh moist baby greens?
True hunger is one thing and appetite another. Nutrition, not variety is the key. You can eat all the variety you want and still be nutritionally poor. Read my blog for more info and see what I eat, and for other information.
RawFoodLog
I don't expect you to agree with what I've written just because I say so and that's as it should be. I always encourage people to test and do their own research. But I can tell you are a truth-seeker and you will find what you are looking for.
On a final note even if you decide to eat a cooked diet, I would heartily recommend getting rid of milk. Again if you think it through to its logical conclusion, cows milk is for baby cows. How did it become a staple of the human diet? Have a look at
The NOTMILK Homepage! (MILK is a bad-news substance!)
I don't believe it serves our short or long term health in any way. But again you should not believe because I said. Please dig deeper as you see fit. I have studied nutrition since I was a child through to a science degree. And I continue to do my own research, there is always more truth. I'm happy to help in any way. Just email at my blog. I wish you much health and great adventure. Jaynie