Friday, January 07, 2011
Hard Core but so true
I would contend that meat and those products aren't completely the problem, in so much as nearly all the animal products consumed are fed worse than people are eating and are about as healthy as the average obese western diet eating human.
Plants are just way more picky about growing. They need certain things. But then, many plants like corn and soybeans grow with lots of chemical help, so even eating plants you need to find ones that grow in a positive way too. They don't have feelings but they sure can have a measure of health.
How many drugs are you on? How many should you be on (zero). As always there are genetic conditions that do warrant maintenance meds (Type 1 for example), but that clean program guy (watch the video but try and tune out the BUY MY SHIT parts of it) says it pretty well too, fucking spot on if you will.
The food you eat is either killing you or sustaining you.
You have the power to choose.
What choice are you going to make. It isn't just about exercise. It isn't just about reducing your fat/sugar/calories/animal products.
And fucking "in moderation" is fucking bullshit. Moderate amounts of toxic shit is still toxic. See, my language is fucking going down hill, which tends to decrease the efficacy of a message, but demonstrates a bit of underlying frustration, and my passion for it.
*deep breath*
eat well
save this damn country some money
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Actually, no.
From wikipedia: "A central concept of toxicology is that effects are dose-dependent; even water can lead to water intoxication when taken in large enough doses, whereas for even a very toxic substance such as snake venom there is a dose below which there is no detectable toxic effect."
Remember the thing about EPO and orange juice?
yeah - well the example in my mind writing that bit of inflammatory nonsense was Methyl Mercury
Heavy Metal is ok in moderation. Even Pop, though usually toxic, can be good in small doses. Older Pop can be consumed in much larger quantities. Half life and all that...
Funk is surely more wholesome though. You should try some Ohio Players tonight. Should fix you up. The delta blues seem to have brought out the worst in you.
Nah it wasn't the blues today. I switched over to Dubstep early enough.
It is honestly the food issue. Being around other people who have little or no regard to using food as a preventative measure. Or sometimes worse, those who are trying but sticking with boxes and packaging and perservatives.
Nitrites are good for making bombs, but not good to ingest. Preservatives are toxins that even in tiny doses, microdosing (if you want to get all current in the PED lingo) even, create obstacles for the body to overcome.
Unlike physical training on the bike repeated exposure to that sort of toxin is bad.
Nature or Nova or one of the PBS "science" shows (seeing a segment in production i question them more than ever now) they talked about the Alaska marine life diet. Doing controlled studies. Looking at the explosion of Pollock but the steady decline in predators.
Sure they can eat pollock but they are much healthier eating Herring. Pollock is a junk fish for the marine mammals. It is an interesting set of studies (blown up production value aside) that says more about what we should be looking at than people are potentially giving it credit.
It isn't enough to eat plants if the plants you are eating aren't full of their complement of nutrients.
Being a Vegan ain't gonna do shit if you can't stay away from white rice, white bread and processed/packaged foods. Even those "substitutes" fake turkey, fake ground beef... what is the fucking point?
Sorry, you can see where it's going and i had a vegan dinner tonight: Peanut Sauce noodles and some stir-fried tofu.
It is complex and honestly it frustrates me.
I'm not perfect and neither is the household. but I think we're pretty close to a good balance.
The paleo diet folks are going to have issues with Engine 2 and the rest of the plant only crew. But i've got this feeling that somewhere in the middle is the answer.
But then we are all different. Humans are also incredibly adaptable, but also it means somethings will work better one group than another.
*shrug*
I do like where this film is headed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPu59h8OrL4
Man bras, KILLER 'fros, horns, LP gold tops, double necks - if this doesn't cheer you up, nothing will.
I don't know. I see how this documentery is being rolled out, whose sponsoring it, I can't help but think "infomercial". Since the whole foods market is a pretty small segment of the overall food industry, scaring even a very small percentage of people into shunning meat or going organic could bring dramatic business returns. It's how we flow in this country.
No doubt we have a huge lifestyle problem in this country. Diet is just part of it. This documentary will never reach the people that need help. Even if it did reach a few, I don't see it changing lives. It preaches to the choir, makes vegans feel good about themselves. I used to be obese. I fully understood my diet was killing me, yet I continued. It wasn't until I developed a passion for cycling that I stayed trim. It was a huge lifestyle change. Improvements in diet followed the lifestyle change.
In our society, this is a really hard problem to solve. Government can't mandate changes. I wouldn't want them to. You'd have to convince parents to remove video games and TVs from homes. Get parents to play with their kids outside. Not let kids pick out junk food while grocery shopping. Adults used to perform manual labor in this country. In the last few decades, we replaced moving with sitting. So now we have to make extra time to put moving back into our lives. Americans seem to be busier than I remember as a child, so we find processed foods more convenient for meals at work and home.
The problem is systemic. I'm a bit skeptical when a group takes a sniper shot at the problem like this. The solution is complex. Diet needs to be part of it. Meaningful change will come about when all aspects of the problem are addressed.
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