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Countless people maintain diets that others would characterize as crazily restrictive. Ultimately, you don't embody "society's relationship with food" -- you e

Countless people maintain diets that others would characterize as crazily restrictive. Ultimately, you don't embody "society's relationship with food" -- you embody your own relationship with food. For some people, the crazy restrictive diet is a cultural inheritence, for others it's just an adopted practice that becomes easier with time. Once you know how to adhere to a diet in all of circumstances your life involves, which is particular to yourself, it never feels restrictive at all. It's just what you eat, the same as whatever you eat now.

voisin 2y ago
> Ultimately, you don't embody "society's relationship with food" -- you embody your own relationship with food I should’ve been more pointed with my question. For a few years I was a strict vegan and I found it very challenging to stay vegan when travelling, with visiting others, and when at restaurants or cafes. This wasn’t an issue of “my relationship to food” but more the context of “society’s relationship to food” and my role in that society. Having tried keto (a half assed attempt that I’d like to build upon in the future with another, real attempt), I think keto is a more difficult than vegan in the examples I gave above as there is a steeper learning curve for the general population given that most people have no idea what “net carbs” means or even pay attention to the carb content of food but everyone knows “did this come from an animal or is it an animal”.