HEALTH & NUTRITION: Protein Paranoia

[Guest guest]

Just to remind us . . . .

 

Best, Pat ;=)

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Protein Paranoia

 

http://www.ecologos.org/pp.htm

 

Industrial countries in general, and victims of British colonialism

in particular, including the US, have been the targets of massive

pro-protein propaganda. How this started is unknown, just as how the

human species first began eating animal flesh is forever unknowable,

but perhaps the Commoners' blood-lust was exacerbated by . . .

 

Read on for how much protein, etc. etc.

 

http://www.ecologos.org/pp.htm

[Guest guest]

Hmm...that suggested no beans. I'm not sure I want to eat just fruits, veggies,

rice & nuts. Interesting reading, tho.

 

Pat <veggiehound wrote:

Just to remind us . . . .

 

Best, Pat ;=)

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Protein Paranoia

 

http://www.ecologos.org/pp.htm

 

Industrial countries in general, and victims of British colonialism

in particular, including the US, have been the targets of massive

pro-protein propaganda. How this started is unknown, just as how the

human species first began eating animal flesh is forever unknowable,

but perhaps the Commoners' blood-lust was exacerbated by . . .

 

Read on for how much protein, etc. etc.

 

http://www.ecologos.org/pp.htm

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

> Hmm...that suggested no beans. I'm not sure I want to eat just fruits,

veggies, rice & nuts. Interesting reading, tho.

 

Did it suggest no beans? :=( I must read again!!! I would miss my beans and

lentils - wonderful foods! Maybe we just don't NEED them as much as we

think? In any case, I'll look again. Yes, I thought interesting - perhaps

provocative ;=)

 

I want my beanz!

 

Best,

Pat ;=)

[Guest guest]

The original vegetarians of the western world (I believe Janism in

India predates this), the Pythagorean order (yes -- the triangle guy)

from the 6th century BCE until its demise in the Roman period

practiced a variety of vegetarianism that prohibited beans, seeds and

flowers. Because of the role of these things in the reproduction of

plants, they felt that consuming these things also constituted " taking

life. "

[Guest guest]

I must read again!!!

 

At the very bottom is the chart of foods to avoid & beans is among them (too

much protein therefore too difficult to metabolize/digest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

> At the very bottom is the chart of foods to avoid & beans is among them (too

much protein therefore too difficult to metabolize/digest.

 

Ahh yessss. It also says in part:

 

'As one gains personal experience with a low-protein, plant-based diet, one

comes to understand that concentrated proteins, i.e., those greater than about

1%, cannot be digested properly, and that one is much healthier with proteins

supplied by fruits and vegetables than attempting to get 'sufficient' protein

through concentrated sources, such as nuts/seeds, beans, legumes, etc. '

 

But then goes back to talk about the 'cowboy culture'. I think it is true that

we

can do without these foods - nuts/seeds, beans, legumes, etc. And I think it is

true that we can, in some people's estimation, be healthier on a diet that

excludes them - just as some feel that a fruitarian diet is better than others,

or

a rawfood diet. But I do think that the matter is one of moderation - not eating

huge quantities of beans in order to make up for that me*t that is no longer on

the plate. My opinion.

 

What I thought was interesting is that the article does succeed in debunking

the whole protein myth ;=) If some of us still like to include beans and the

rest

of those 'high' protein foods in our diet, then perhaps the author of the

article

would think we were mistaken to do so, but the amount of protein in beans

nowhere comes near that in fish or meat, according to this chart. I think those

of us who like them can rest easy - provided we are careful and, as I say, use

moderation here as in all things ;=)

 

If anyone knows anything else about all this, I'd be pleased to hear it. Just as

long as it doesn't, of course, recommend dead animals as any kind of

subsitute LOL

 

Best,

 

Pat ;=)

[Guest guest]

>>>the matter is one of moderation

 

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[Guest guest]

" Stuart Parker " <afusangite said, 'The original vegetarians

of the western world (I believe Janism in India predates this), the

Pythagorean order (yes -- the triangle guy) from the 6th century BCE

until its demise in the Roman period practiced a variety of

vegetarianism that prohibited beans, seeds and flowers. Because of the

role of these things in the reproduction of plants, they felt that

consuming these things also constituted " taking life. " '

 

LI find this interesting because it is just the opposite of the Biblical

line that about seeds being the " meat of man " :

 

Genesis 1:29, King James Bible: And God said, Behold, I have given you

every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and

every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you

it shall be for meat.