Fad diets, if only they were a thing of the past. Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it, no?
Anyway, my reading today has sent me past the impossibility of tasty faux meat products for sustainability purposes and through low carb being potentially dangerous. These things seem too obvious.
Of course faux meat will not taste like real meat. If you like real meat, eat real meat. If sustainability and fat content are the issue, search for sustainable and lean meat. If you don't care where your meat comes from or what the production and processing does to the environment, so be it, but why belittle those that do care? There is just as much insanity in devout carnivores as there is among the free fall vegans. We all have to eat, we don't all have to eat the same thing, nor do we need to convince one another that we all should eat the same thing.
Reducing your carbohydrate intake to the single or low double digits for you daily intake just seems ill advised. Carbs are you fast track energy, you need them to get your body moving. This does not mean you eat them for every meal necessarily or that you only choose the really fast acting, sugar enriched carbohydrates. You do need them though! You creb cycles need the glucose. So indulge in your breads and pastas and potatoes, they are ok to eat in moderation.
Moderation! This is the key word for any life endeavor. Fun, work, food, all in moderation. Eat good food, have great fun, work hard. In moderation seems to confuse people. There seems to be no moderation when I go out. Everything is so excessive. It must be bigger, better, faster! Yeah, maybe when it comes to roller coasters. But I don't need a 24-inch platter full of mashed potatoes with three times the needed butter and salt next to a whole rack of ribs slathered in corn syrup and natural flavor with some kind of phosphate compound to preserve freshness.
You can always do what you want, but you also need to be aware of the consequences that come from your choices.
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