tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post2919786149723412800..comments2023-06-20T02:06:52.150-06:00Comments on Alethiography: Primarily PlantsTamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18079829842465164437noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-44976398176547386332008-11-09T22:09:00.000-07:002008-11-09T22:09:00.000-07:00On the fat nutrient absorption issue: some nutrien...On the fat nutrient absorption issue: some nutrients are soluble in fat and others in water. Or fat-loving and hydrophilic, something like that. So, fat does increase the absorption of some (but not all) nutrients.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-58753008001626578242008-11-09T01:13:00.000-07:002008-11-09T01:13:00.000-07:00I haven't typically noticed any ill effects from n...I haven't typically noticed any ill effects from not eating protein. But something I haven't emphasized here but that is emphasized in the book is paying attention to how different foods make you feel. I think a lot of the food learning that you (and I) have done over the past few years is exactly the kind of stuff that she would advocate.<BR/><BR/>One of her examples is a woman who ate a croissant for breakfast a lot, and thought it must be filling because it was so (basically) unhealthy and fattening. But once she started to really pay attention and get over the guilt of eating a "decadent" breakfast, she was able to find that in fact it didn't fill her up or keep her sated through the morning at all, and that a different breakfast option would be better. <BR/><BR/>I do suspect, on the protein issue, that most Americans could lighten up about it without harm.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079829842465164437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-66219893092533204542008-11-08T21:26:00.000-07:002008-11-08T21:26:00.000-07:00On the protein issue: a very hard call. I know t...On the protein issue: a very hard call. I know that if I go about three vegetarian meals in a row (including breakfast) I get weak, dizzy, and break a sweat walking up a flight of stairs from the exertion of it. It doesn't make any sense, but that's what happens. (To the extent that I have many times been like "What is wrong with me?" and R has said "What did you eat today?" and I'm like "Ah fuck.") So mileage may and does vary on how much protein a person needs (or what the appropriate balance of various macronutrients is or whatever) and whether "mostly plants" will get you there. <BR/><BR/>When I hear this kind of advice that I have demonstrated does not work for me, it makes it harder to take the rest of the advice from the source (however valuable and applicable it may actually be for me) to heart. It's like, maybe for 99% of people, her plant-based diet idea is perfectly workable, I just know that it doesn't work for me and there's no easy way of knowing how much other people are like me. Obviously, I have observed other people to be *less* this way than I am, but does that mean that it's true that they could all cut the protein as drastically as this sort of source says? And how does being "wrong" about this one point affect the likelihood of other things also being inapplicable?<BR/><BR/>I am down with the roasting veg thing, though. She's got that right.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15376389949707679077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-4382678546639639352008-11-08T18:15:00.000-07:002008-11-08T18:15:00.000-07:00The key to good health is moderation, which sounds...The key to good health is moderation, which sounds easier than it is to do. Who hasn't overdosed on something just because it tastes so good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com