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>Eliminate wheat, soy, nightshades, and other likely irritants/allergens. I’m curious how you arrived at this conclusion. Granting that allergic or inflammator
by bumby 5y ago
>Eliminate wheat, soy, nightshades, and other likely irritants/allergens.
I’m curious how you arrived at this conclusion. Granting that allergic or inflammatory responses may be on a spectrum, a cursory look online seemed to indicate many animal products have higher rates of allergic responses than plant products. E.g., soy is listed at 0.4% of the population while (cow) milk is 2-3%.
Maybe a better way to phrase it is to remove any food that causes an inflammatory response.
Edit: clarifying the type of animal milk
- wyager 5y agoNo one except people who have been affected by weird pathogens like lone star tick disease is allergic to ruminant meat. Milk is probably the single worst case example of an animal product, by a huge margin, because while almost everyone ate a ton of ruminant meat, not everyone ate a ton of milk.
- bumby 5y agoFair point. But by that same logic we need rob throw out your examples as well since they are the most prevalent plant allergens. Even then, they are generally affecting less than 1% of the population. Switching a population to a ruminant-based diet is currently a privilege that is not generalizable under the current food system. (Which is why I specifically chose cow milk as the comparison as a calorie/protein source).