Our dinner table will be void of high-density, natural, animal-sourced foods within a decade or two. A deeper look behind the agenda explains why it's necessary to start planning for self-sustenance.
Hi Jan. Nicely summarized. The cycle of life. Well written as usual.
Living in Africa (Namibia) you see exactly how foods impacts health. In the cities we have modern processed stuff. In the rural areas, traditional foods. The more "touched by humans" the more reactive our bodies become to these so called foods. In my observation I see two types of foods.
First, pro-inflammatory and second, anti-inflammatory. In that it can be plants,, animals or anything you add to it.
The key, eat little, eat seldom and don't never ever eat anything that does not go off after 10 days.
Lierre describes vividly the challenges in fighting her internal narrative. In spite of mounds of evidence to the contrary, she viewed her desire "not to kill" as critical to her lifeway and foodway until she couldn't. Jane Buxton's book highlighted for me what I had long suspected, that processed foods are vastly more profitable than livestock, poultry or fresh produce, especially at scale. Those who were writing the USDA food guidelines were compromised by their investments in processed foods and foodway beliefs. It's no wonder we have social engineers running psy-ops on people about food products. IT'S BIG BUSINESS.
Regeneratively produced and wild foods have near zero or even negative margins, so big money has every interest in not seeing them become standardized and popular. Probably at our current population levels, ammonia fueled mono-cropping is "necessary" to feed everyone.
I doubt though that "our" dinner tables will be devoid of animal foods within a decade or generation. More likely those foods will be affordable to fewer and fewer people and their distribution more contentious.
I teach foraging, fishing, hunting and cooking. I try to help people who want to be hands-on with their food and know it in its life and eat it in its death: the tried and true method of eating well and living well.
Excellent. I have been on a 38 year real food path. Early on I was vegetarian for 5 years then vegan for two. King salmon broke me 31 years ago. One day my body took over. I will forever be grateful. It has led to becoming a farmer, hunter, fisher, forager. This I have passed to my children and they are well developed and understand what real food is.
It wasn’t until about 12 years ago that I fully cut out seed oils. Hands down, that is one of the best things anyone can do.
Have read Lierre and have passed on a few copies. She sums it up well. You have also done it justice. Thanks.
Thanks for writing this - so essential but in glimpsing the comments here so many will not hear the reality of being part of nature and that that means - eating other life!
So do you mean that raising animals as property in confinement for eventual slaughter is treating them as 'equals'? They are 'free'?
So do you mean that your blood test said to eat meat?
So do you mean that whatever nutrient you presumably needed in your vegan experience was impossible to obtain from plant sources or supplements ... or was it rather your arbitrary choice for eating meat as a solution?
So do you mean that all vegan diets are the same nutrition: potato chips is the same as spinach?
So do you mean that someone is going to be vitamin A deficient eating carrots (have you heard of beta-carotene)?
Is consuming heme iron a good thing for humans considering the difficulty the human body has to eliminate iron?
How can so many other animals thrive on a vegan diet if it is so impossible to get enough nutrition from plants (elephants don't need zinc)?
Doesn't eating flesh make a longstanding vegan sick? You had no trouble jumping right into meat?
Thank you. I too found the article helpful. I never practice veganism, but clung to real meat. But I lived in a county where too many people thought veganism was the moral choice. I generally ignored them.
Look at the “Blue Zones”, where people live the longest, and are the healthiest.. These people primarily eat plant based. And very small portions of meat, very occasionally. I know many people that are very healthy, and vegan (including myself). Keep studying, because earring whole foods plant based is very healthy, and very sustainable. Look up Forks Over Knives… and vegan athletes. There are many vegan high performance athletes. Some who have Never consumed meats. Keep studying!! You’ve missed the mark
I’m afraid a lot of the info you’re referring to is disinformation, a massive flood of data designed to undermine meat and its benefits, especially the recent vegan docs and even seemingly legitimate peer-reviewed studies, which will ultimate be revoked
That's a big fat lie, go to the actual places, and you realize they base there entire diet off of animal foods and whatever local and seasonal fruit and veg which is available at that time(not much).
Can you tell me which link shows the reference to the Australian mice and duck killings please? Mice are an introduced species and they thrive because of the vast land used for grain growing which consequently feeds many cattle because the land is so degraded they need to supplement their diet.
The dairy industry is the most cruel . And dairy milk is very unhealthy for humans! It is high fat, and meant to grow calves to be very large,
And very quickly. Many humans are also lactose intolerant… if you want to drink milk, or use milk, choose a plant based one that is much better for your health,
And much easier on our planet. Soy milk, or oat milk are good alternatives.
Thank you. This article has been helpful, especially with so many credible sources.
Hi Jan. Nicely summarized. The cycle of life. Well written as usual.
Living in Africa (Namibia) you see exactly how foods impacts health. In the cities we have modern processed stuff. In the rural areas, traditional foods. The more "touched by humans" the more reactive our bodies become to these so called foods. In my observation I see two types of foods.
First, pro-inflammatory and second, anti-inflammatory. In that it can be plants,, animals or anything you add to it.
The key, eat little, eat seldom and don't never ever eat anything that does not go off after 10 days.
Great advice, thank you Martin!
Thanks for that.
Lierre describes vividly the challenges in fighting her internal narrative. In spite of mounds of evidence to the contrary, she viewed her desire "not to kill" as critical to her lifeway and foodway until she couldn't. Jane Buxton's book highlighted for me what I had long suspected, that processed foods are vastly more profitable than livestock, poultry or fresh produce, especially at scale. Those who were writing the USDA food guidelines were compromised by their investments in processed foods and foodway beliefs. It's no wonder we have social engineers running psy-ops on people about food products. IT'S BIG BUSINESS.
Regeneratively produced and wild foods have near zero or even negative margins, so big money has every interest in not seeing them become standardized and popular. Probably at our current population levels, ammonia fueled mono-cropping is "necessary" to feed everyone.
I doubt though that "our" dinner tables will be devoid of animal foods within a decade or generation. More likely those foods will be affordable to fewer and fewer people and their distribution more contentious.
I teach foraging, fishing, hunting and cooking. I try to help people who want to be hands-on with their food and know it in its life and eat it in its death: the tried and true method of eating well and living well.
Excellent. I have been on a 38 year real food path. Early on I was vegetarian for 5 years then vegan for two. King salmon broke me 31 years ago. One day my body took over. I will forever be grateful. It has led to becoming a farmer, hunter, fisher, forager. This I have passed to my children and they are well developed and understand what real food is.
It wasn’t until about 12 years ago that I fully cut out seed oils. Hands down, that is one of the best things anyone can do.
Have read Lierre and have passed on a few copies. She sums it up well. You have also done it justice. Thanks.
Thank you brother, glad you found the way!
Sure thing. Looking forward to reading more.
Thanks for writing this - so essential but in glimpsing the comments here so many will not hear the reality of being part of nature and that that means - eating other life!
I am not sure you are aware of the great work by Millan Millan about land use change and climate - this is a huge aspect of our problem that we are not looking at check out this 3 part substack article about Millan Millan by Rob Lewis https://theclimateaccordingtolife.substack.com/p/millan-millan-and-the-mystery-of
Thank u for sharing, will check it out
The top 5 foods for Vit A are vegetables. So how can vegetarians and Vegans lack Vit A?
Because it's not absorbable..... in plant form. Eat meat fish and eggs, rinse repeat. thrive!
I went from dying to thriving on a carnivore diet. That and lots of sunlight on my skin fixed my brain and I'm now living happily out of the matrix :)
So do you mean that raising animals as property in confinement for eventual slaughter is treating them as 'equals'? They are 'free'?
So do you mean that your blood test said to eat meat?
So do you mean that whatever nutrient you presumably needed in your vegan experience was impossible to obtain from plant sources or supplements ... or was it rather your arbitrary choice for eating meat as a solution?
So do you mean that all vegan diets are the same nutrition: potato chips is the same as spinach?
So do you mean that someone is going to be vitamin A deficient eating carrots (have you heard of beta-carotene)?
Is consuming heme iron a good thing for humans considering the difficulty the human body has to eliminate iron?
How can so many other animals thrive on a vegan diet if it is so impossible to get enough nutrition from plants (elephants don't need zinc)?
Doesn't eating flesh make a longstanding vegan sick? You had no trouble jumping right into meat?
Thank you. I too found the article helpful. I never practice veganism, but clung to real meat. But I lived in a county where too many people thought veganism was the moral choice. I generally ignored them.
I have a feeling we'll survive.
Look at the “Blue Zones”, where people live the longest, and are the healthiest.. These people primarily eat plant based. And very small portions of meat, very occasionally. I know many people that are very healthy, and vegan (including myself). Keep studying, because earring whole foods plant based is very healthy, and very sustainable. Look up Forks Over Knives… and vegan athletes. There are many vegan high performance athletes. Some who have Never consumed meats. Keep studying!! You’ve missed the mark
I’m afraid a lot of the info you’re referring to is disinformation, a massive flood of data designed to undermine meat and its benefits, especially the recent vegan docs and even seemingly legitimate peer-reviewed studies, which will ultimate be revoked
That's a big fat lie, go to the actual places, and you realize they base there entire diet off of animal foods and whatever local and seasonal fruit and veg which is available at that time(not much).
Can you tell me which link shows the reference to the Australian mice and duck killings please? Mice are an introduced species and they thrive because of the vast land used for grain growing which consequently feeds many cattle because the land is so degraded they need to supplement their diet.
Thank you for this study based article, very interesting!
What do you think about diary from cows? An article to this issue would also be very interesting.
The dairy is treated and udders are washed with chemicals, if you are going to consume I would choose organic.
The dairy industry is the most cruel . And dairy milk is very unhealthy for humans! It is high fat, and meant to grow calves to be very large,
And very quickly. Many humans are also lactose intolerant… if you want to drink milk, or use milk, choose a plant based one that is much better for your health,
And much easier on our planet. Soy milk, or oat milk are good alternatives.
Five paragraphs and not even a hint of a counter argument? What does your diet look like?