@gisellef: I agree with your "take it gradually" approach, have used that approach in other areas of my life, and have suggested that approach when others have talked about wanting to change their diet. When I changed my diet in 2019, though, I was finally ready for a wholesale change, so that's how I proceeded. And, as you note, everyone must find their own way.

With regard to cravings, I 100% doubted that I could make this particular change. I'd watch PBS programs about eating well for health and I'd think, "I *believe* what you-the-expert are saying, but that won't happen for me -- I'm never going to stop craving x, y, and z."

But I did. On the one hand, it amazes me to have witnessed a change that once seemed impossible; on the other, this change seems completely reasonable because our bodies evolved to eat what grew, or moved around, in Nature.

Also, if I sounded didactic, apologies; I do feel strongly, though, that lab-made chemicals are doing terrible things to us (and to the flora and fauna we depend on, and that have a right to live free from this type of interference). Best wishes.