That would be unwise.
–Spock
A few posts ago I promised to address the horrifying statement I made that vegetarianism (and even more veganism) is immoral.
Tag: food
American Cuisine
I am proud to be an American. Because an American can eat anything on the face of this earth as long as he has two pieces of bread.
-Bill Cosby
On my vacation in America, I have learned some very important things. This is my second time to really observe Americans in the wild since eating differently, and here’s some of what I gleaned:
Don’t Give Up the Fat, II
I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.
–Walt Whitman
A few days ago, we looked at why we should not give up on animal fat. Specifically, five reasons. We go now to reasons six and seven.
Ours is But To Do Or Die
“Poirot,” I said. “I have been thinking.”
“An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.”
–Agatha Christie
In the last post we asked the question: WHY? Why so much sugar in a recipe when it wasn’t necessary for taste or texture?
Today I have a new “why.” It comes from this article, a form of which has come out on every major American news agency going. If you don’t care to read it all, I’ll summarize: you should now brush your baby’s teeth with fluoride toothpaste so he won’t get a cavity before he’s five, like most kids do.
WHY? Why should I give fluoride to a small child? Why has the cavity situation grown so dire that kids are developing them that young? I want to give the American Dental Association the benefit of the doubt. I can’t imagine it’s fun for a dentist to treat a five-year-old’s cavity, so I understand the dentists’ perspective here.
A Dairy Good Time Was Had By All
After cheese comes nothing.
–English Proverb (from the Latin)
Having discussed whether we should avoid dairy entirely solely because our supposed Paleolithic ancestors are believed not to have eaten it, let’s now consider a couple other thoughts, shall we?
The next thing to think about is this:
2. What’s up with the conflicting studies? Why does one study show that dairy will kill you, while another claims that it is a health food?
Holiday Decisions
Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.
― Pericles
Here’s hoping that none of you cared that I haven’t written another post till now, because you were so busy enjoying friends and family that you didn’t even notice!
Let’s talk about sugar and holiday gorging eating. I had some people over for Christmas and all around Christmas. It’s an important time of year for the line of work I’m in. And let’s face it: at Christmas people expect dessert. You simply cannot invite them over for a meal of just meat, maybe a vegetable or two ,and candy dishes full of cheese and pepperoni cubes instead of…you know…candy.
Of course on the day The Roommate and I actually celebrated Christmas–primarily by not eating sugar, resting quietly, and not having anyone over–we actually did have cheese and pepperoni slices in the fancy Christmas candy dishes. And almonds. The spicy ones. And we ate ham. Pounds and pounds of ham. I had a jar of pickled peppers in my stocking. The roommate had a can of roasted pecans under the tree.
Anyway, if one is going to swear off all sugar forever and ever, fine. But if one is going to ever allow it all, Christmas is the time.
No Hospitality For Trouble II
The world is your cow. But you
have to do the milking.
–New England Proverb
So what should we eat? There is still a lot of disagreement about that, even within those circles that advocate ditching grains, sugar and excessive fruit and eating lots of healthy fat. So where do we turn if we want to eat like out ancestors used to?
No Hospitality For Trouble
You can’t keep trouble from coming, but you don’t have to give it a chair to sit on.
–New England Proverb
When I was visiting Brother #3 in this summer he asked me:
Is there anything your magic diet doesn’t help with?
We both laughed–it was meant in jest, and he himself had seen some real benefits from changing up his way of eating. But what I said and thought at the time is: No. It does help just about everything.
Even though you weren’t there at the time, I’d like to clarify that statement for you. By it, I do not mean that I think eschewing grains, sugars, and Frankenfats and eating lots of saturated fat and meat is a miracle cure of any ailment. There are three things I do mean:
Ask Me How It Happened 