Now hush Levi, the adults are talking.

We’re defying with a smile and expecting to have a good time when we gather.

Conservatives’ idea of patriotism is seriously out of calibration. Getting indignant when being made aware of a social problem… that’s the attitude that beat the Nazis, yes sir!

I don’t have an enormous amount of weight to loose, so I figured I would I’d just spend a couple months eating a spartan diet and later, if it worked, I’d return to something close to my regular diet, just with maybe a bit more moderation and I’d exercise a bit more. I changed my plans and decided to stick with my new way of eating after three weeks when the allergies that had plagued me my entire life went away and so did my the heartburn that pestered my throughout my adulthood. Overall, I feel better and more energetic. There is something about having a dramatic upswing in health that changes your perspective on things.

I talked someone else into trying this, back when I started and when I thought the only health benefit I expected the diet to facilitate was at best weight loss, and a few weeks ago she told me that her arthritis has greatly diminished and during a recent doctor visit her blood pressure and cholesterol when from being bad to good.

Hulu is currently showing the documentary Fathead for free, which is an entertaining primer on the subject, which I recommend. A short preview can be see here. Searching for lectures by Gary Taubes and William Davis on youtube is also a good place to start for anyone who is interested.

Really? Studies have shown that cutting down meat consumption lowers rates of heart disease. Yeah, sometimes I eat steak, but very prudently. I think the point here was “Don’t give up meat, but be more aware of your consumption.” I guess what was heard was, “This is the slippery slope to having your right to eat meat taken away from you.”

Comment by Vince Smetana — November 13, 2012 @ 12:35 pm – November 13, 2012

Yup.

When you repeatedly act like fascists, Cinesnatch, you are ultimately presumed to be fascists.

Especially since your fascism affects primarily those who pay their own bills, since you and your fellow fascists have no intention of requiring people to spend their EBT dollars on nutritious food.

This is the hilarious and contradictory outcome of a party that purchases votes using taxpayer dollars. Cinesnatch and his fascist ilk can impose their nutrient nannyism and their screaming about health care costs and outcomes on only those people who pay their own food and health care bills — because they have purchased their voting base with promises of unlimited food and health insurance.

BTW, as far as red meat’s healthiness, when I changed my own diet from a low-fat, high-sugar, high-grain diet to a high-fat, low-carb diet consisting mostly of meat, eggs, high-fat dairy, nuts, and veggies, my total cholesterol plummeted, my HDL went up, my blood pressure dropped, and I lost about twenty pounds, arriving at my ideal body weight without ever allowing myself to go hungry, i.e., no portion-size control. I recommend people looking to improve their health eat more meat (preferably grass-fed) and veggies. The primal diet is the way to go.

/sarcasm

Really? Studies have shown that cutting down meat consumption lowers rates of heart disease. Yeah, sometimes I eat steak, but very prudently. I think the point here was “Don’t give up meat, but be more aware of your consumption.” I guess what was heard was, “This is the slippery slope to having your right to eat meat taken away from you.”

Yeah, sure. Okay.

I live in rural Texas now, far from the gonifs of the LA city council but I’ll have something meaty on Mondays, even if it’s only Navy Bean soup with lots of bacon.