most recent 30 from http://paleohacks.com 2013-06-19T06:15:56Z http://paleohacks.com/feeds/user/9773 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://paleohacks.com/questions/10840/what-are-the-smartest-anti-paleo-arguments-and-our-responses-to-them/71846#71846 JLP 2011-10-21T07:27:11Z 2011-10-21T07:27:11Z

<p>When one realistically investigates the nutritional requirements and biochemical physiological processes and dynamics of humans, we see that we can live quite well (by most peoples standards of function and contemporary life expectancy) under various diets; however there are certainly differences which many medical and statistical studies continue to highlight; it isn't my objective here to sight volumes of medical research - explore online. Let's proceed with the investigation and look at the practical reality of these following factors: public health, environmental health, animal ethics, ecosystem impact, political and economical dynamics and influence on population, and cultural health. When we thouroughly investigate all of these dynamics the picture is that the animal foods in current and developing operations and scale are the following: significantly environmentally damaging due to toxic bacterial, fecal, and chemical waste streams, plus emmisions-per-pound of produced and delivered food (animal vs plant: drastically imbalanced - stats must see), consumptive of a large portion of plant foods that can be allocated to respond to national and international hunger, highly unsanitary and a directly related risk factor in the leading disease and death-causing health issues in USA, highly unethical in actual practice (no fantasy of contesting that), occupationally depressing and dangerous work environments (Check out the fact that it is among the most dangerous jobs in america along with higher rates of depression and suicide in meat factories etc), financially motivated rather than by health thus directly manipulative in politics, large subsidies capital allocation resulting as poor investments, and global messaging encouraging over-eating and poor diets, combatant to higher sanitation and environmental regulation etc which has the overall effect of misleading the population while damaging the environment further rather than supporting improved standards on all levels, with the cumulative effect of all this being culturally depleting as a whole and to further the problem more, imaging &amp; exporting poor leadership and practices on a world stage. This landscape of dynamics has significant influence on all of us worldwide; we have a choice in our evaluations and health on every level.</p> <p>Now to make the excuse as I have seen on this blog that unsustainability is not isolated to meat industry as an exemption argument is false, and just that, searching for a way to excuse oneself. The truth is that large scale food/agri practices are not ideal (to say the least) and certainly not isolated to the animal food industry, including plant food as well. I infer that the underlying point of this entire page and seed question is to genuinely explore health in the individual through our diet, considering ALL aspects. There is no doubt that all aspects of our lives relate to our health including food, excersize, genetics, social and environmental influence and more. I submit that the main goal should be to continue learning about the full spectrum of our health in regards to what we eat, taking into account the reality of our practices rather than considering just theoretical arguments such as was suggested in some rebuttals, and truely seek to cultivate a healthy existence individually and globally, through committed exploration rather than diet defending. Through the process of uncovering the details, whether the chemical processes in the body, incentive models of industry, or global implications on life, we can pragmatically proceed in our pursuit of a 'healthy diet' as all of these various factors play a role in reality, not on paper. Aim to achieve our greatest and proceed committedly.</p> <p>As a contextual note: my grandfather was a teacher and director of cancers programs at major universities and a notable cancer surgeon at Dana Farber in Boston, named in the titling of the Center for Population Sciences; his son, my father was also a doctor, manger at one of the largest public health companies in the US, Chairman of Environment on the board of Massachusetts Medical Society, Chairman of Ethics at American College of Occupational &amp; Envrionmental Medicine, and part-time faculty at Boston University School of Public Health, both graduates of Harvard. </p> <p>Best wishes and blessings of health to us all. Stay resolute on the journey of life toward health, wisdom, and peace.</p>