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As far as I can tell, no one knows for sure. Everyone has their bias, and tries to sound as sure of themselves as possible, often for financial reasons (buying
by jrmg 8y ago
As far as I can tell, no one knows for sure. Everyone has their bias, and tries to sound as sure of themselves as possible, often for financial reasons (buying books, reading their blog which has ads, promoting products, etc.)
So I try to do what makes the most sense to me. I eat a large variety of foods, so as not to leave out any nutrition. Lots of vegetables, some fruits, some nuts, lots of fish, and a little red meat.
I'm honestly not too worried about the impact of meat in my diet is. I eat very little red meat, maybe one serving every couple of weeks. And I think lab grown meat is going to be indistinguishable from traditional in the next 5 years both in price and taste/texture. How much of an impact am I alone going to have anyway? As for the ethics of it, I sleep fine at night.
- nikivi 8y agoThe problem is that the thinking of 'I am just one person, how much impact does doing .. really have?' is dangerous. Because such thinking compounds where everyone can start thinking that (where in reality no one even questions the impact their actions have) and thus no change is ever made (and in this case animals still suffer on a global scale). I honestly think knowing the things we know about the meat industry and complete disregard for animal rights that the current world has, it is unwise to go to a supermarket and buy nicely packaged meat on the shelf. Although my question wasn't about ethics of it but about health. I am just curious if that is indeed the case that whole food plant based diet is not enough to support a fully healthy human life.
- yohann305 8y agoI think the best thing to do is to study what the longest living populations eat. There's a new post slightly above yours that theorizes a high carb diet may be correlated to Okinawans longevity.