alt Hacker NewsI hear this from barely healthy people all the time. Omg you're having too much lemon juice, too much salt, too much meat, too much butter, too much stinging nettle tea, skipping too many meals, on and on and on. Yet anyone I finally convince to eat like be literally changes their entire life so positively their entire world view and opinions about the medical field and government changes. Oh yes I'll worry about my kidney because I've stopped ingesting health destroying chemicals in basically all mass food, and focused on beef and fasting.
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> the medical field and government
Nothing about industries that have captured legislature?
Bayer/Monsanto (pesticide exposure, water contamination, cancer risk), Tyson Foods (antibiotic resistance, air and water pollution, respiratory illness), American Crystal Sugar Company (obesity, diabetes, heart disease), Koch Industries (pollution, weakened environmental standards), ADM (antibiotic resistance, pollution), Bunge Ltd (antibiotic resistance, pollution), Nutrien (fertilizer runoff, water contamination, cancer risk), Corteva (pesticide exposure, water contamination, cancer risk).
Swinging from one extreme to another without a good research to back it up, always a sign for a good long term move for sure. But its good, please do some research on your body for the rest of mankind, we thank and salute you. I just hope you get your meat consistently in standards that pretty much surpass what we consider "bio" in say EU or Switzerland in most aspects.
You know, there is some middle ground. In southern Europe, people have consistently healthy diets without resorting to such extremes, while eating food that tastes massively better than what a general US consumers buy / are willing to spend money on.
I just returned from 1 week vacation in Italy, thats always a trip to a small universe of healthy gourmet food. That experience is unfortunately not very transferable outside country borders but can serve as great inspiration - ie pasta ins't very healthy unless cooked al dente, then it becomes much better for the body.
So how many people have you finally convinced to "eat like be"? And what age are you?
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