The Wilderness Cure

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Karla_bookishlife

The Wilderness Cure has been a lesson on returning to nature and its healing energy. She teaches foraging, but had been mulling over the efficacy of living entirely off the land for the whole year.

It is so eye-opening to learn how our ancient ancestors changed diets according to the calendar. The Wilderness Cure by Mo Wilde is an inspirational and fascinating journal encouraging us to disconnect from our phones and reconnect with nature and our ancestral past by foraging for foods that will help us thrive rather than merely survive. #thewildernesscure #mowilde

I have always taken a rather simplistic and naive view of eating seasonally according to what fruit and vegetables are available locally in the shops. Variation rather than rigidity to one style of eating seems more apt. I have been telling so many people about this book. I think my next step will be familiarising myself further with the local land and produce.

It certainly made me question the appeal of all the modern fad diets. This book has encouraged me to consider varying my diet, foraging a little, trying to grow my own food or source locally grown and organic products in a manner that will benefit my health and the local environment.

According to our ancestral calendars, whole food groups would have changed as the year progressed due to availability. I enjoyed switching off from technology while reading and exploring the book and nature. I doubt I could committ wholly like Mo Wilde, but I could definitely make small beneficial changes.

This book is her diary of that experience. It shows rather than preaches, as we follow Mo on her own journey.