8 Replies to ““Ethical” Eating”

  1. I absolutely REVERE Rick Rubin. The smartest guy EVER in the music industry. He has an ear. He knows what sounds great across a wide range of musical styles. His work with the RHCP produced some of MY favorite music ever. What a bunch of nuts and heroin addicts he had to coax music out of … but he got massive music out of them.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rubin_production_discography

    So when he says Veganism is crap … I’m gonna listen to him very carefully. BTW … chicken and vegetables is very close to my own standard diet. Try to consume as few carbs as possible.

      1. I’m slightly off beef now … not because I don’t LOVE red meat … but the price of it in Nor Cal is absolutely ABSURD! I’m not paying $21.00/lb for a steak. Screw it … I’ll have a chicken thigh.

        1. Here in frozen Northern SK my wife was cutting up chicken thighs today and commented “I didn’t think I’d ever end up paying more for chicken than beef”

          Not that beef prices aren’t high.

        2. @Kenji – I remember when a steak meant dad stopped at a roadside diner.

          Otherwise agree with you, loosing weight is about getting off or cutting carbs. You can’t avoid carbs entirely but you can eat only low carb foods and less off it. Then it’s a simple balancing act of calories in verses calories out.

          1. I used to believe the ‘calories in calories out’ line, but its a lie. Calories are *heat* units, they are what you get by burning fuels. Problem is, your body doesn’t burn food, it chemically dismembers it. What it then does with it determines your weight. Carbs are preferrentially turned into fat, that is why they make you put on weight. In contrast, fat and protein are not.

            Do you really think thin people can balance out their ‘calories in vs calories out’ over a lifetime and thus keep a stable weight?

  2. We evolved with the changing seasons.

    In Winter, there are no easily available carbs, especially sugars. We ate meat and fish because it could be hunted and tracked or caught. Our main goal was to consume enough that our bodies didn’t completely run out of fat reserves leading to starvation.

    In Spring, there were few carbs, but there were green sprouts, leaves, and early vegetables. The sugars and starches we’re not available yet. We ate meat and fish, eggs if we could find them, and any edible greens that could be found. The goal was to recover from winter and restore vitamins and minerals.

    In Summer, all the sugars became available. Fruits and berries became plentiful. Also, nuts and seeds. We would eat everything we could find for the sugar and fats. We had to restore body fat in preparation for the Fall and Winter.

    In Fall, we ate root vegetables and seeds. This was the last chance fattening for the coming Winter.

    Then we would repeat the cycle, over and over again.

    Now, we live in endless Summer, with all the carbs and sugars available year round. We fatten ourselves for Winters that will never come.

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