“Tedious disclaimer: I’m not a nutritional professional and this isn’t meant to be conflated with official medical advice (since this might actually work...), but”
Haha, so true! And very sensible article. Living on a whole foods, meat based, cultured and fermented, home grown fruits and honey “diet,” I can attest to Miri’s proposal to meet her halfway.
Couldn’t agree more, Miri. Carbs are wonderful, meat is wonderful, and we are indeed designed to eat and thrive on both! I have actually been really enjoying legumes/pulses recently (properly soaking the dried legumes and then long, slow cooking them), as well as more whole grains (I invested in a grain mill last year, which makes cooking with various grains so much more interesting and fun), but they are always balanced with animal foods - with meat broth, meat, eggs, and/or dairy. And of course when you include legumes, grains, and starchy root vegetables like potatoes in your meals, as well as smaller amounts of animal foods, those meals are much less expensive than meat-centered meals, and include a broader range of nutrients. Of course you have to be metabolically fit enough to digest and utilize all of those foods, but once you are, it’s a very enjoyable, balanced, and healthy way to eat. No (real) food is wrong or villainized, and no (real) food makes you feel sick. In fact the only time I feel sick after eating is when we eat out (which we do a lot less of now)! It’s fascinating to observe that “hangover” in my body after eating restaurant food (I don’t drink alcohol). It’s very revealing!
If we all went veggie would our fields then be empty of lambs, cows and deer?
If we banned horse racing, what would happen to all the horses?
When we ban petrol, what do we do with all that's being refined? (It's an inclusive part of the oil's separation process).
If these things were not wanted they would die, or in the case of petrol, be burned off. Livestock are not kept as pets.
As a youth, I remember being fed Stork Margarine on my bread and toast. It was marketed as a better health option to dangerous butter. It was commercially successful but foul industrial slop.
Thank you, Kevin, and exactly. If animals weren't farmed for food, they would quickly disappear, and their fates at the hands of their natural predators would be a good deal more unpleasant than the way they are processed by humans.
And yes, margarine is a hideous "food" - one molecule away from plastic, if I recall correctly.
I'm not against killing animals, Miri, but I think a lot of husbandry means animals have worse lives than than they would living in the wild and meeting a nasty end from a predator. It doesn't have to be that way but unfortunately it often is.
So on the money again and as always, bravo [beers emoji]
My only, minor, bug bear was the hyperlink to primates in captivity. I was thinking "OMG what has Miri found?"! I'm glad you saw that one. Brilliant analogy with the bears too, even polar bears are omnivores too, if we're being honest, and they hangout in the same places as the Inuit. Who knew?
Thanks Leo, and for the info on the primates! (For anyone else reading, Leo owns an animal sanctuary in Borneo and so is an authority on the subject - including the fact that no primate got "covid"...)
Thank you for this one Miri. I'm glad to learn I never fell into any extreme, and it is definitely very good advice. Sharing it with some friends who need it.
What you are describing as a sensible diet to consider was known as the Montignac diet in the 1980s. Separate carb and protein diets, all very delicious as French cooking can be. Thank you for another interesting article.
Yes. The middle way is best, as long as that's not some Tony Blair theory of government.
There's another sort of hideousness that the British elites have foisted on us: keeping fishermen of all classes, except the upper, natch, from actually reeling those slippery protein parcels in, popping a pastry lid on their bonces and bunging them in the Baby Belling for 30 mins gas regulo 3. No, it's all catch and release, and rub a little bit of lip salve into the choppers and pray to St Francis and hope to catch them another day. The Anglers Associations and their ilk were and are clearly run by No Protein 4 Proles elites, to keep us from enjoying the benefits of the odd perch burger or pike a la mode. Our foreign cousins are a little bit more used to seeing the rivers as moving larders and will continue to do so when the balloon goes up. It comes down to that rare quality of share and share alike: the Chinese super trawler that hoovers up literally everything, via lobbing in a stick of dynamite into the delicate chalk stream ecosystem to using your bamboo rod to hoick out a tubby stickleback for lunch.
We need to reclaim the countryside from the 'landowners' before they get round to charging us to sniff a conker. 'That'll be 75p, peasant!' Bring back poaching big style!
Talking of bamboo, my staple entertainment is watching young panda 'bears' rolling around in Chinese zoos to AI laughter soundtracks on YouTube. Those pandas don't seem able, on a vegetarian diet, to act in a sensible way: they are borderline idiots. The Chinese patrons of said zoo with smartphones pressed to their faces, seem cut from the same vegetarian cloth.
And please, please: don't mention the wet markets. Pangolin pie, anyone?
Many thanks for this and your nutrition tips! From reading your advice, I've been eating a 100-150g carb a day diet the last several months, and eating lots of ruminant meat (i.e. from multi-chambered stomach animals that produce saturated fat), mainly beef steaks and lamb. You do lose weight, esp. at about 100 carbs a day. The beef and lamb gives extra stamina and endurance too. I find I have more power and last the distance better when walking, swimming, and doing push-ups, squats etc. I think my joints feel better too, e.g. the bunion in my toe doesn't seem to feel as painful after walking. I went back on carbs for a month (probably 200g a day or more) and my weight went up 0.5kg. Like you've said, if you are going to do a keto diet, I think it's best to go back to "normal" carb levels periodically so you don't get insulin resistant.
Thanks Simon, and yes, that's exactly right - you will lose weight up to about 100g a day, maintain at around 100-150, and start to gradually gain at around 200.
And how much do our dear overlords tell us to eat in order to allegedly remain slim and healthy? 250+ a day....
Yes, it’s another lie they’ve told us. The NHS also says to reduce your calories about 500 cals a day and do extended exercise for about 2-2.5 hours a week to lose weight. I tried that for a while but it’s not particularly effective (maybe a bit because, by reducing calories, you’ll probably reduce carbs too).
You have to wonder whether they’re advising such a high amount of exercise so as to push people over the edge into fatigue, sickness, heart attacks. Another means of culling the population probably.
Yes, exactly - the absolute worst advice is to adopt a high-carb, low fat/calorie, high intensity lifestyle. I remember reading an article about the author Mark Haddon, and how he prized himself on his super-healthy low-fat vegetarian lifestyle, and his running habit.
I knew of a sports science professor working in Japan who died aged c. 52, who'd played pro football in Germany when he was younger. In his photos he was a very lean, good-looking guy who obviously exercised and watched what he ate. One of former LFC manager Bill Shankly's brothers (also a footballer) died in his fifties of a heart attack. It was put down to him being trained too hard when he was younger (which influenced Shankly's training methods as a manager).
There's a definite theme of training too hard, particularly when you're young, having consequences later.
Yes, and the guy who popularised regular running as a way to live a healthy long life died of a heart attack aged 52, whilst running https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fixx
I remember Brendan Foster always banging on during his London Marathon (it's this Sunday ironically) commentary about the "pasta party" that was held the night before the event so that the athletes could "carb load". Then the majority would hit "the wall" at circa 20 miles! Could that be the carb "hangover" kicking in?
Paul McCartney, or at least, the person playing the role of Paul McCartney, as the person playing the role from c. 1967 onwards is somewhat different to the real Paul.
Thanks for the heads up. I did not immediately think of Paul McCartney but now you mention it James Delingpole did have a good video on it. One of many interesting and disturbing things about the Beatles and George Martin.
Miles Mathis has possibly a better theory that the original Paul did not die but that there were 2 Pauls. He also has an interesting article with much evidence that John Lennon faked his death.
I'm more persuaded by Mike Williams (Sage of Quay)'s research, based on the "Memoirs of Billy Shears" book, that the original Paul died (I won't say here how he's said to have died as it's quite shocking and hard to stomach). Paul represented Osiris while William (the guy playing his role since late-1966) represents Horus, as we move from the Aeon of Osiris into the Aeon of Horus in Aleister Crowley's religion of Thelema (derived from Ancient Egyptian myth), which is influential in the music industry (the music industry is used to propagate the tenets of Thelema and the Aeon of Horus).
William is actually also "Vivian Stanshall" of the Bonzo Dog Band (that's what he really looks like LOL). A researcher called Stacy who Mike Williams interviewed did a deep dive into the Billy Shears book and concluded, compellingly I think, that William is the (likely eldest and illegitimate) son of Douglas Douglas-Hamilton (14th Duke of Hamilton) and Elizabeth Percy. "Vivian Stanshall" does look similar to their official eldest son, James Douglas-Hamilton (15th Duke of Hamilton), and has the same fair/gingery Scottish hair (as Faul's son James McCartney also has).
Yes, I think Paul really did die, but wouldn't be surprised if he also had a double as lots of celebrities do, and this isn't even a "conspiracy theory" (see film 'The Devil's Double' about Uday Hussein, son of Saddam's, double). To stand in at promotional events where there might be considered an increased security risk etc. But I think William's role was/is much more complex, as Simon describes.
Very interesting Miri! A topic I’ve had to do deep dives on also due to health issues and curiosity. I highly recommend for anyone interested in nutrition to look into oxalates because they are dangerous and in many of the popular foods. I believe keto and paleo could be healthy if oxalates are taken into account. As they are promoted, they are high in oxalates. Maybe keto is something you cycle in and out of, not long term. Heather Sandison writes about this. She’s written a book on reversing dementia based on Bredesen’s protocol who also has written his own book. But she is honest maybe not everyone can handle keto and so much fat but has seen incredible results with dementia to the point people are able to remember the names of grandchildren they have forgotten and forget them again if they go off. But she’s also not promoting keto as something non stop long term but cycles.
Back to oxalates, while many people with autoimmune issues feel great on carnivore, it also does not take oxalates into account. While meat does not have oxalates, going from high oxalates to low oxalates too fast is also dangerous to the point of possibility requiring hospitalization.
Another rabbit hole I fell into is mercury and people getting literally psychotic symptoms from eating too much fish and tuna, but in way less time than you would think.
For anyone curious about oxalates look into Sally Norton and Trying Low Oxalates group on Facebook. She actually totally talks about we’re eating peasant food exactly like you write.
Thank you, Apple, that's all very interesting, and yes, I had heard about the benefits of keto for Alzheimer's, a condition sometimes referred to as "type 3 diabetes". And yes, totally with you on the oxalates (and other plant toxins also best avoided, which is why so many cultures practice soaking, fermenting etc of plants, to reduce toxic load).
I'm cautious with fish myself, I like it but rarely eat it as I'm aware of how toxic it can be, and I can well believe that tuna - being so ubiquitous and cheap - is more dangerous than people might widely believe.
Interesting article, Miri. I tend to think that diets might suit people differently - but certainly it's good to keep in mind that a particular diet might only be beneficial for a limited time and that staying on it might cause problems. I recently read about someone who was on a carnivore diet for an extended period and stuffed up her insides although I can't remember how. Just yesterday a video popped up on YouTube of a woman who claims to be carnivore for 6 years - very slim and was eating quite a few eggs scrambled with a lot of butter and air-fried sausages and a fair-sized portion of ground meat topped with a burrata. I just watched in awe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8Uoo9A0_BQ). Too many people 100% convinced of whatever diet they think is best (with the data to prove it) for me to really have an opinion. My attitude is: whatever works for you but exercise some intelligence.
If you believe Paul is dead I'd love to see your article on it. I emphatically believe he's the same guy from Day One and I cannot believe that people think he changed but I'd be very curious to see your take on it.
Thanks Petra, and it's absolutely true there is no "one size fits all" and some do better with more meat, some with more dairy, some with more fruits etc., and the evangelism about diet and how there is only one holy perfectly pure diet that everyone must follow is tedious to say the least... Re: Paul, I am trying to convince Simon above in the comments to write an article on it as he knows much more than I do, but I may get around to doing one myself!
Excellent article Miri. I’ve been suspicious of the whole fasting movement too, another way to nudge us into making the nations’ food supplies stretch further? I genuinely feel pretty good eating one meal a day, and have no problem going without food for eighteen or twenty hours and still keeping pretty active. The snacking culture has become quite a thing now and there’s a vastly more food about than there was in my childhood. The 1970’s was a time of three meals a day and no in-betweening, while licking the plate was considered acceptable in our neck of the woods! I’m also enjoying the Sama Hoole account on X I think he’s doing a great job in alerting us to some historical perspective on how our landscape has been managed to provide meat from places largely considered too poor to farm using modern methods. There are thousands of miles of land, wooded and semi-scrub that could be grazing goats for both meat and milk, and millions of acres of lawns that could be returned to growing food stuffs, would love to see Sama handing in his gym membership and replacing his powerlifting selfies with Dig for Victory action shots outdoors. :)
Just came across this. You have a very good point Miri why they’re pushing this. Although meat and fish is sooooo expensive these days I can’t make sense of why they’d be pushing eating it as well if people struggle to afford it.. ? If they want us on a vegan diet I get making it more expensive… unless it’s the constant divide / confusion tactics they love to perpetrate… and in the end if you are not knowledgeable about food and nutrition you just end up more confused than ever…
“Tedious disclaimer: I’m not a nutritional professional and this isn’t meant to be conflated with official medical advice (since this might actually work...), but”
Haha, so true! And very sensible article. Living on a whole foods, meat based, cultured and fermented, home grown fruits and honey “diet,” I can attest to Miri’s proposal to meet her halfway.
Thank you, Dawn!
Is it possible our grandparents might have been right: everything in moderation?
Quite so. Including moderation...!
Touché Miri! I shall drink IPA in immoderate amounts to that!
Couldn’t agree more, Miri. Carbs are wonderful, meat is wonderful, and we are indeed designed to eat and thrive on both! I have actually been really enjoying legumes/pulses recently (properly soaking the dried legumes and then long, slow cooking them), as well as more whole grains (I invested in a grain mill last year, which makes cooking with various grains so much more interesting and fun), but they are always balanced with animal foods - with meat broth, meat, eggs, and/or dairy. And of course when you include legumes, grains, and starchy root vegetables like potatoes in your meals, as well as smaller amounts of animal foods, those meals are much less expensive than meat-centered meals, and include a broader range of nutrients. Of course you have to be metabolically fit enough to digest and utilize all of those foods, but once you are, it’s a very enjoyable, balanced, and healthy way to eat. No (real) food is wrong or villainized, and no (real) food makes you feel sick. In fact the only time I feel sick after eating is when we eat out (which we do a lot less of now)! It’s fascinating to observe that “hangover” in my body after eating restaurant food (I don’t drink alcohol). It’s very revealing!
And I just saw the book you linked to - have it on my shelf! It’s excellent. (As is the groundbreaking Ray Peat, of course.)
Thanks Skye, very interesting, and how funny you already have the book! Great minds etc... ;)
Wonderful essay Miri.
If we all went veggie would our fields then be empty of lambs, cows and deer?
If we banned horse racing, what would happen to all the horses?
When we ban petrol, what do we do with all that's being refined? (It's an inclusive part of the oil's separation process).
If these things were not wanted they would die, or in the case of petrol, be burned off. Livestock are not kept as pets.
As a youth, I remember being fed Stork Margarine on my bread and toast. It was marketed as a better health option to dangerous butter. It was commercially successful but foul industrial slop.
Thank you, Kevin, and exactly. If animals weren't farmed for food, they would quickly disappear, and their fates at the hands of their natural predators would be a good deal more unpleasant than the way they are processed by humans.
And yes, margarine is a hideous "food" - one molecule away from plastic, if I recall correctly.
I'm not against killing animals, Miri, but I think a lot of husbandry means animals have worse lives than than they would living in the wild and meeting a nasty end from a predator. It doesn't have to be that way but unfortunately it often is.
So on the money again and as always, bravo [beers emoji]
My only, minor, bug bear was the hyperlink to primates in captivity. I was thinking "OMG what has Miri found?"! I'm glad you saw that one. Brilliant analogy with the bears too, even polar bears are omnivores too, if we're being honest, and they hangout in the same places as the Inuit. Who knew?
Thanks Leo, and for the info on the primates! (For anyone else reading, Leo owns an animal sanctuary in Borneo and so is an authority on the subject - including the fact that no primate got "covid"...)
But were they tested?
Thank you for this one Miri. I'm glad to learn I never fell into any extreme, and it is definitely very good advice. Sharing it with some friends who need it.
Yep! 1966 in a car accident.
Thanks Thalie, very glad to hear.
And spot on!
What you are describing as a sensible diet to consider was known as the Montignac diet in the 1980s. Separate carb and protein diets, all very delicious as French cooking can be. Thank you for another interesting article.
Yes. The middle way is best, as long as that's not some Tony Blair theory of government.
There's another sort of hideousness that the British elites have foisted on us: keeping fishermen of all classes, except the upper, natch, from actually reeling those slippery protein parcels in, popping a pastry lid on their bonces and bunging them in the Baby Belling for 30 mins gas regulo 3. No, it's all catch and release, and rub a little bit of lip salve into the choppers and pray to St Francis and hope to catch them another day. The Anglers Associations and their ilk were and are clearly run by No Protein 4 Proles elites, to keep us from enjoying the benefits of the odd perch burger or pike a la mode. Our foreign cousins are a little bit more used to seeing the rivers as moving larders and will continue to do so when the balloon goes up. It comes down to that rare quality of share and share alike: the Chinese super trawler that hoovers up literally everything, via lobbing in a stick of dynamite into the delicate chalk stream ecosystem to using your bamboo rod to hoick out a tubby stickleback for lunch.
We need to reclaim the countryside from the 'landowners' before they get round to charging us to sniff a conker. 'That'll be 75p, peasant!' Bring back poaching big style!
Talking of bamboo, my staple entertainment is watching young panda 'bears' rolling around in Chinese zoos to AI laughter soundtracks on YouTube. Those pandas don't seem able, on a vegetarian diet, to act in a sensible way: they are borderline idiots. The Chinese patrons of said zoo with smartphones pressed to their faces, seem cut from the same vegetarian cloth.
And please, please: don't mention the wet markets. Pangolin pie, anyone?
Whoah, you’ve kinda tangled me up with your Brit slang. Haha, fun to read anyway.
Many thanks for this and your nutrition tips! From reading your advice, I've been eating a 100-150g carb a day diet the last several months, and eating lots of ruminant meat (i.e. from multi-chambered stomach animals that produce saturated fat), mainly beef steaks and lamb. You do lose weight, esp. at about 100 carbs a day. The beef and lamb gives extra stamina and endurance too. I find I have more power and last the distance better when walking, swimming, and doing push-ups, squats etc. I think my joints feel better too, e.g. the bunion in my toe doesn't seem to feel as painful after walking. I went back on carbs for a month (probably 200g a day or more) and my weight went up 0.5kg. Like you've said, if you are going to do a keto diet, I think it's best to go back to "normal" carb levels periodically so you don't get insulin resistant.
Thanks Simon, and yes, that's exactly right - you will lose weight up to about 100g a day, maintain at around 100-150, and start to gradually gain at around 200.
And how much do our dear overlords tell us to eat in order to allegedly remain slim and healthy? 250+ a day....
Yes, it’s another lie they’ve told us. The NHS also says to reduce your calories about 500 cals a day and do extended exercise for about 2-2.5 hours a week to lose weight. I tried that for a while but it’s not particularly effective (maybe a bit because, by reducing calories, you’ll probably reduce carbs too).
You have to wonder whether they’re advising such a high amount of exercise so as to push people over the edge into fatigue, sickness, heart attacks. Another means of culling the population probably.
Yes, exactly - the absolute worst advice is to adopt a high-carb, low fat/calorie, high intensity lifestyle. I remember reading an article about the author Mark Haddon, and how he prized himself on his super-healthy low-fat vegetarian lifestyle, and his running habit.
He was hospitalised in his early fifties requiring a double bypass. https://archive.is/75Pww
I knew of a sports science professor working in Japan who died aged c. 52, who'd played pro football in Germany when he was younger. In his photos he was a very lean, good-looking guy who obviously exercised and watched what he ate. One of former LFC manager Bill Shankly's brothers (also a footballer) died in his fifties of a heart attack. It was put down to him being trained too hard when he was younger (which influenced Shankly's training methods as a manager).
There's a definite theme of training too hard, particularly when you're young, having consequences later.
Yes, and the guy who popularised regular running as a way to live a healthy long life died of a heart attack aged 52, whilst running https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fixx
I remember Brendan Foster always banging on during his London Marathon (it's this Sunday ironically) commentary about the "pasta party" that was held the night before the event so that the athletes could "carb load". Then the majority would hit "the wall" at circa 20 miles! Could that be the carb "hangover" kicking in?
Who is Paul? I must have missed this somewhere.
Miri wears many hats, metaphorically speaking!
Paul McCartney, or at least, the person playing the role of Paul McCartney, as the person playing the role from c. 1967 onwards is somewhat different to the real Paul.
Thanks for the heads up. I did not immediately think of Paul McCartney but now you mention it James Delingpole did have a good video on it. One of many interesting and disturbing things about the Beatles and George Martin.
Quite. It's a very deep, dark rabbit hole once you get into it, and not for the faint-hearted!
Miles Mathis has possibly a better theory that the original Paul did not die but that there were 2 Pauls. He also has an interesting article with much evidence that John Lennon faked his death.
I'm more persuaded by Mike Williams (Sage of Quay)'s research, based on the "Memoirs of Billy Shears" book, that the original Paul died (I won't say here how he's said to have died as it's quite shocking and hard to stomach). Paul represented Osiris while William (the guy playing his role since late-1966) represents Horus, as we move from the Aeon of Osiris into the Aeon of Horus in Aleister Crowley's religion of Thelema (derived from Ancient Egyptian myth), which is influential in the music industry (the music industry is used to propagate the tenets of Thelema and the Aeon of Horus).
William is actually also "Vivian Stanshall" of the Bonzo Dog Band (that's what he really looks like LOL). A researcher called Stacy who Mike Williams interviewed did a deep dive into the Billy Shears book and concluded, compellingly I think, that William is the (likely eldest and illegitimate) son of Douglas Douglas-Hamilton (14th Duke of Hamilton) and Elizabeth Percy. "Vivian Stanshall" does look similar to their official eldest son, James Douglas-Hamilton (15th Duke of Hamilton), and has the same fair/gingery Scottish hair (as Faul's son James McCartney also has).
Yes, I think Paul really did die, but wouldn't be surprised if he also had a double as lots of celebrities do, and this isn't even a "conspiracy theory" (see film 'The Devil's Double' about Uday Hussein, son of Saddam's, double). To stand in at promotional events where there might be considered an increased security risk etc. But I think William's role was/is much more complex, as Simon describes.
As for death fakery, yes, I think that's pretty common amongst the celebrity class when they want to leave the world stage, as per David Bowie, Jeffrey Epstein, and "Dr" Michael Mosley... https://miriaf.co.uk/was-dr-michael-mosley-a-spook-who-faked-his-own-death/
Very interesting Miri! A topic I’ve had to do deep dives on also due to health issues and curiosity. I highly recommend for anyone interested in nutrition to look into oxalates because they are dangerous and in many of the popular foods. I believe keto and paleo could be healthy if oxalates are taken into account. As they are promoted, they are high in oxalates. Maybe keto is something you cycle in and out of, not long term. Heather Sandison writes about this. She’s written a book on reversing dementia based on Bredesen’s protocol who also has written his own book. But she is honest maybe not everyone can handle keto and so much fat but has seen incredible results with dementia to the point people are able to remember the names of grandchildren they have forgotten and forget them again if they go off. But she’s also not promoting keto as something non stop long term but cycles.
Back to oxalates, while many people with autoimmune issues feel great on carnivore, it also does not take oxalates into account. While meat does not have oxalates, going from high oxalates to low oxalates too fast is also dangerous to the point of possibility requiring hospitalization.
Another rabbit hole I fell into is mercury and people getting literally psychotic symptoms from eating too much fish and tuna, but in way less time than you would think.
For anyone curious about oxalates look into Sally Norton and Trying Low Oxalates group on Facebook. She actually totally talks about we’re eating peasant food exactly like you write.
Thank you, Apple, that's all very interesting, and yes, I had heard about the benefits of keto for Alzheimer's, a condition sometimes referred to as "type 3 diabetes". And yes, totally with you on the oxalates (and other plant toxins also best avoided, which is why so many cultures practice soaking, fermenting etc of plants, to reduce toxic load).
I'm cautious with fish myself, I like it but rarely eat it as I'm aware of how toxic it can be, and I can well believe that tuna - being so ubiquitous and cheap - is more dangerous than people might widely believe.
Interesting article, Miri. I tend to think that diets might suit people differently - but certainly it's good to keep in mind that a particular diet might only be beneficial for a limited time and that staying on it might cause problems. I recently read about someone who was on a carnivore diet for an extended period and stuffed up her insides although I can't remember how. Just yesterday a video popped up on YouTube of a woman who claims to be carnivore for 6 years - very slim and was eating quite a few eggs scrambled with a lot of butter and air-fried sausages and a fair-sized portion of ground meat topped with a burrata. I just watched in awe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8Uoo9A0_BQ). Too many people 100% convinced of whatever diet they think is best (with the data to prove it) for me to really have an opinion. My attitude is: whatever works for you but exercise some intelligence.
If you believe Paul is dead I'd love to see your article on it. I emphatically believe he's the same guy from Day One and I cannot believe that people think he changed but I'd be very curious to see your take on it.
Thanks Petra, and it's absolutely true there is no "one size fits all" and some do better with more meat, some with more dairy, some with more fruits etc., and the evangelism about diet and how there is only one holy perfectly pure diet that everyone must follow is tedious to say the least... Re: Paul, I am trying to convince Simon above in the comments to write an article on it as he knows much more than I do, but I may get around to doing one myself!
Excellent article Miri. I’ve been suspicious of the whole fasting movement too, another way to nudge us into making the nations’ food supplies stretch further? I genuinely feel pretty good eating one meal a day, and have no problem going without food for eighteen or twenty hours and still keeping pretty active. The snacking culture has become quite a thing now and there’s a vastly more food about than there was in my childhood. The 1970’s was a time of three meals a day and no in-betweening, while licking the plate was considered acceptable in our neck of the woods! I’m also enjoying the Sama Hoole account on X I think he’s doing a great job in alerting us to some historical perspective on how our landscape has been managed to provide meat from places largely considered too poor to farm using modern methods. There are thousands of miles of land, wooded and semi-scrub that could be grazing goats for both meat and milk, and millions of acres of lawns that could be returned to growing food stuffs, would love to see Sama handing in his gym membership and replacing his powerlifting selfies with Dig for Victory action shots outdoors. :)
https://substack.com/@theofficialmahareport/note/c-244332323?r=tq3ky&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Just came across this. You have a very good point Miri why they’re pushing this. Although meat and fish is sooooo expensive these days I can’t make sense of why they’d be pushing eating it as well if people struggle to afford it.. ? If they want us on a vegan diet I get making it more expensive… unless it’s the constant divide / confusion tactics they love to perpetrate… and in the end if you are not knowledgeable about food and nutrition you just end up more confused than ever…