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By: CT supports Meat-Free day | Eatability

CT supports Meat-Free day | Eatability — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:50:36 +0000

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By: rjm

rjm — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:45:34 +0000

The Masai people seem to live chiefly off of maize now. But besides that, the animals they used to eat were not raised like industrial livestock.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:40:12 +0000

Yeah eating meat is so bad…that’s why the Masai people – who live basically on meat, milk, an blood, went extinct long ago.

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uberVU - social comments — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:38:12 +0000

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By: L.C.

L.C. — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:49:44 +0000

What a wonderfully sensible view of things, free from the edges and extremes I’ve read elsewhere.

I also just finished reading “What To Eat” and am going to be a regular reader here. How does Marion Nestle stay so wonderfully attuned to the calm center of things? Maybe it’s what she eats?

By: Bobby

Bobby — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:56:43 +0000

health, climate, taxes, and WATER.

By: MA

MA — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:36:32 +0000

DennisP – Thanks for the input. I hadn’t thought of the lack of knowledge of how to cook beans. Much can be said about that, like Roxanne says about education and life-skills training.

By: Marcia

Marcia — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:34:56 +0000

Can grassfed cows be carbon sinks and really help the environment?

http://www.smallfootprintfamily.com/2009/10/14/grassfed-beef-can-solve-global-warming/

Also, I would trust the word of a Niman farms over a big agribusiness. People need to be educated so they can understand the difference between grassfed meat and cornfed meat. Cornfed meat is definitely much fattier and more unhealthy than grassfed. So the best advice to those who don’t eat grassfed meat is to limit the amount they eat.

By: ET Addison

ET Addison — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:13:08 +0000

Sheesh, Marion Nestle relying on what what she reads in the paper as definitive truth.

Yipe.

And. Where, oh where do you get the ‘evidence to say.

‘just don’t eat too much of it.”

And explain to me how plowing up ecological rish grasslands and forest habitats, to replace them with artificial monocultures of wheat is a good thing.

By: Roxanne

Roxanne — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:33:47 +0000

Cooking and eating healthfully and within a strict budget doesn’t require a lot of time. It requires planning, education, and skill. People living on a strict budget need training and education on time management, meal planning, smart shopping, and cooking skills. It’s easy to substitute meat for other cheaper, healthful options. It just takes the no-how to do it. It also requires the help of the entire family, not just Mom. Everyone in the family can pitch in to do planning, shopping, and cooking. It takes a lot of the burden off the main care giver in the family–usually Mom. We need to be focusing our attention on education and life-skills training.