[ExI] Meat and the paleo diet, again

[Natasha Vita-More]

Hi Harvey,

I think Max is spot on with his research and that meat is crucial for many
humans. As a former vegetarian who has survived cancer 2x and has had other
serious diseases, I think I will try meat for a decade or longer.

Best,

Natasha

 

Natasha Vita-More

  PhD Researcher, Planetary Collegium, Univ. of Plymouth, UK
Vice Chair: Humanity+
Fellow: Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Visiting Scholar: 21st Century Medicine
Advisor: Policy, Law & Ethics Track, Singularity University


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"Natasha Vita-More" <natasha at natasha.cc> wrote,
> <Like>

<Thanks>

> "Harvey, that strikes me as being right on the money.  The question 
> is, how can modern humans best approximate the diet that our bodies are
evolved for?
> (in the absence of gene tweaks that can make us optimally healthy on 
> vegetarian or vegan diets, or any other kind of sustainable diet, for 
> that matter)."

> This diet works for me to some extent. The problem with it for me is
2-fold:
> I do not want to loose weight and I do not want to eat animals.  
> Making sure I get enough calories each day to keep weight on is 
> difficult. [My aesthetics does not favor with CR at all. I love human 
> bodies that are svelte with muscles, curves and sex appeal.] The 
> second part is that I do not want to or enjoy eating dead animals.

Eating meat is totally unnecessary with modern technology.  There are dairy
or vegetarian sources of protein and fat.  Even saturated fat if you want.
So the nutrient content of any diet can be simulated from other sources.  We
don't get the same meat that primative people did, so even eating meat might
not recreate the same balance of protein and fats of the animals they ate.
So I like to try to choose a diet based macronutrients desired, and then
choose foods to obtain them in the right proportion.  And I believe either
meat-based or veggie-based diets can approximate proetin/fat ratios and
types as desired.

(I think I choose more long-chain carbs and less saturated fats than some
here.  But all combinations of high/low carbs/proteins/fats can be combined
from vegetarian sources.)

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