Re: Ended My Fast

On 2007-08-22, Marshall Price <d021317c@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Whiskers wrote:
On 2007-08-21, Marshall Price <d021317c@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[...]

Too much protein can be a problem, especially for meat-eaters in the
West. There's some speculation that it might increase the risks of
cancer and auto-immune diseases, among other things.

I've certainly heard that people in the US seem to eat vast amounts of
meat - and that meat grown in the USA gets fed and injected with 'stuff'
that isn't used elsewhere. But the human body seems to require a small
amount of animal protein for optimum health. Some communities seem to
thrive on a diet composed largely of wild deer meat or sea-mammal meat and
fish. I suspect that human nutrition is not yet understood as well as the
experts and pundits would have us believe.

Unfortunately for me, there are times when my Depression makes it too hard
to concentrate or bother about stuff and then I end up eating
'ready-meals' and supermarket bread, which probably doesn't help at all.

Ooh. I rarely eat any kind of bread, but when I do, it's usually pita
bread from a nearby Middle Eastern bakery, baked fresh each morning.

Pitta bread should be healthy enough; it's just flour and water with a
little yeast and fat or oil. Basic leavened bread.

I
prefer the white pita to the whole grain, but I get a lot of fiber by
eating plenty of oat bran, and I assume I'm getting more vitamins from
other foods (and supplements) than I'd get from grains anyway. I've
always thought eating brown rice was silly, since it's not a very good
source of any nutrients other than starch. (On the other hand, it might
be better to get some fiber in one's rice than to eat a large lump of
pure starch!)

Well, millions of people have used brown rice as a staple for a very long
time and seem to do well enough on it; it contains vitamins and minerals,
as well as 'complex carbohydrates'. Combined with appropriate other foods
it makes for a healthy diet - and having no gluten makes it edible for
people who can't digest other grains.

[...]

I hope I haven't strained anybody's patience, but I'm taking this
opportunity to gather my thoughts on the subject, as well as to share my
happiness about it all. I'm going to paste all this into my diary! :)

Certainly worth recording!

For what it's worth, I aim at something along the lines of a modestly
prosperous medieval peasant sort of diet: roots, pulses, grains, oils or
fats, a little meat and fish, and greens and fruit in season. Look up
'pottage' for the general idea. Of course, modern industrially processed
food is difficult to resist sometimes, especially when one is feeling
'lazy' or pressed for time. I confess to a particular fondness for ice
cream <G> (I contend that is an effective anti-depressant). I also like
tea and coffee and a little beer etc.

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    ... meat - and that meat grown in the USA gets fed and injected with 'stuff' ... 'ready-meals' and supermarket bread, which probably doesn't help at all. ... other foods than I'd get from grains anyway. ... millions of people have used brown rice as a staple for a very long ...
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    ... meat - and that meat grown in the USA gets fed and injected with 'stuff' ... 'ready-meals' and supermarket bread, which probably doesn't help at all. ... other foods than I'd get from grains anyway. ... say, Whiskers, but I, too, have opinions on how to eat and how to fast. ...
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