- A good deal of Biochemistry Science since Maimonides deconstructed the extremely self-evident, but then so did the Ancient Greeks including Socrates, the Ancient Chinese who predate the emergence of the Jewish People, the former having something to say about food quantity and the avoidance of eating too late, among other things.
- Back then, knowledge so derived was empirical and there was no Biochemistry.
- The picture you post has bread, the consumption of which is more or less a biblical injunction. Factually, grains are not a natural primate food, it arose out of technological farming 11 - 12,000 years ago and serves to flag the present Neo-Lithic Era of high energy inputs and the presence across the globe of The Peak Primate, now in vast over-supply and overweight and due to the aforementioned farming. Grain Agriculture enables humans to convert The Eco-System into more humans and simultaneously destroys said Eco-System with human waste. This cannot persist for much longer.
- Grain Agriculture is associated with the diseases of Modern Western Society in the oversupply of Omega-6 Arachidonic Acid, an essential Fatty Acid and prime driver now of systemic inflammation and the many Western diseases that flow from this. Among other things. Moderation does not exactly deal with this, it helps but is not entirely a cure.
- If the flask of milk portrayed is cows' milk rather than goats' milk, various remarks on the artificialness of mass cattle farming can be adduced. Historically, consumption of milk was goats', if it was consumed at all. Closer to human milk. But then once off mother's milk, one strictly does not require milk and humans are the only animal which consumes the milk of another species, into adulthood.
- The majority, being the non-Western Anglosphere cannot deal with Lactose.
Ok, you got me there on the picture. The truth is that I didn't mean anything particular with the contents of the picture :). But you points are important nonetheless!
Food industry marketing and advertising professionals construct images and they choose the constituents with much thought. Nothing is left to chance.
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A standard trick to to have, say, that cornucopia of yellow, orange and green / blue vegetables flowing out as a website banner shot but then peddle products or recipes that are at variance with the constitutive nature of the former.
The perfect Bertolt Brecht exemplar - The appeal to style over substance.
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If one was making the case for Goat's Milk, any white flask would do.
It would be the narrative that counts.
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As it comes to me - Eating now is a matter of Class Consciousness, as with cars, here notably expensive cars.
One can dine very expensively. Most of these elaborate preparations both denature food and alter the biochemical constituents, all for the worse. Say, using a gas torch to brown or burn the surfaces.
The concept of the quality brand applies here. For quality read expensive. It works.
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One could write about Celebrity Chefs as a new criminal class.
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It was either Socrates of Plato (can't recall) who observed - "Where there is dissolution and luxurious living, there are wealthy doctors, wealthy lawyers and an unhealthy population".
Medicos study disease and prescription drug use, not food, not biochemistry.
Every Jewish doctor I know, save the odd one or two, come overweight and know nothing much about healthy eating, including cardiac physicians. Applies to most medicos.
- You deserve more commentary Shmuel.
- A good deal of Biochemistry Science since Maimonides deconstructed the extremely self-evident, but then so did the Ancient Greeks including Socrates, the Ancient Chinese who predate the emergence of the Jewish People, the former having something to say about food quantity and the avoidance of eating too late, among other things.
- Back then, knowledge so derived was empirical and there was no Biochemistry.
- The picture you post has bread, the consumption of which is more or less a biblical injunction. Factually, grains are not a natural primate food, it arose out of technological farming 11 - 12,000 years ago and serves to flag the present Neo-Lithic Era of high energy inputs and the presence across the globe of The Peak Primate, now in vast over-supply and overweight and due to the aforementioned farming. Grain Agriculture enables humans to convert The Eco-System into more humans and simultaneously destroys said Eco-System with human waste. This cannot persist for much longer.
- Grain Agriculture is associated with the diseases of Modern Western Society in the oversupply of Omega-6 Arachidonic Acid, an essential Fatty Acid and prime driver now of systemic inflammation and the many Western diseases that flow from this. Among other things. Moderation does not exactly deal with this, it helps but is not entirely a cure.
- If the flask of milk portrayed is cows' milk rather than goats' milk, various remarks on the artificialness of mass cattle farming can be adduced. Historically, consumption of milk was goats', if it was consumed at all. Closer to human milk. But then once off mother's milk, one strictly does not require milk and humans are the only animal which consumes the milk of another species, into adulthood.
- The majority, being the non-Western Anglosphere cannot deal with Lactose.
- On matters closer to present realities, this could be of interest . . . https://les7eb.substack.com
- Free to subscribe Shmuel, always.
Thanks Les for the detailed, insightful comment!
Ok, you got me there on the picture. The truth is that I didn't mean anything particular with the contents of the picture :). But you points are important nonetheless!
I see.
Specifics count.
Food industry marketing and advertising professionals construct images and they choose the constituents with much thought. Nothing is left to chance.
________
A standard trick to to have, say, that cornucopia of yellow, orange and green / blue vegetables flowing out as a website banner shot but then peddle products or recipes that are at variance with the constitutive nature of the former.
The perfect Bertolt Brecht exemplar - The appeal to style over substance.
________
If one was making the case for Goat's Milk, any white flask would do.
It would be the narrative that counts.
________
As it comes to me - Eating now is a matter of Class Consciousness, as with cars, here notably expensive cars.
One can dine very expensively. Most of these elaborate preparations both denature food and alter the biochemical constituents, all for the worse. Say, using a gas torch to brown or burn the surfaces.
The concept of the quality brand applies here. For quality read expensive. It works.
_________
One could write about Celebrity Chefs as a new criminal class.
_________
It was either Socrates of Plato (can't recall) who observed - "Where there is dissolution and luxurious living, there are wealthy doctors, wealthy lawyers and an unhealthy population".
Medicos study disease and prescription drug use, not food, not biochemistry.
Every Jewish doctor I know, save the odd one or two, come overweight and know nothing much about healthy eating, including cardiac physicians. Applies to most medicos.
Terrific advice to examine a day's eating. Onward!