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eustaciavye77Warning, sweeping generalizations below. It's a rant. I am SURE that somewhere there is a raw food eater who isn't an asshole
I have a great deal of respect for vegetarians and vegans. I've often said I'd prefer to be vegetarian but I can't stomach any of the replacement proteins so I stick with meat and feel... not so great about it. SO yeah. Vegetarians and vegans are all good.
What I can't stand is the raw food people. Now, I don't have any problem with the idea that people choose to eat only raw food. I think its a strange lifestyle choice but hey, its their mouth and their stomach and if their digestive systems can handle it, more power to them.
But that's a hint at the problem right there. IF their digestive systems can handle it. Because not everyone's can. I for example have trouble if I eat too much raw fruit or vegetables. I end up... in the bathroom a lot. THat's all you need to know. THe average raw food fanatic will say things like "before all this stupid technology and before man discovered fire, people didn't cook their food! eating only raw food takes us back to the natural roots of our species!" SO let's examine that: We're talking about an era when people died before age 30, lived in caves, there was no way to treat disease, and that's whats being hailed as the good old days. That's not really the problematic part though. What bothers ME is that a lot of people who have weaker constitutions but certainly have a lot to contribute to the world can survive because there are many food options including cooking your food that make them able to digest and nourish themselves, and the raw food people WANT THESE PEOPLE TO EAT RAW. If everyone ate raw, anyone with diverticulitis, IBS or crohn's would die of either starvation or by damaging their digestive system so badly that the internal bleeding would kill them. THAT is the lauded natural state the raw food community wants to restore. In a world where being physically hardy enough to handle a diet of all uncooked food, what would be left would be the strongest physically and this would happen potentially at the expense of the intelligent but delicate people. I'm not saying humanity would get stupid, but it would get stupider and frankly we're stupid enough already.
In summary PBBLLLTTTT!
On the other hand, bears are meant to eat raw food and you should help them have more space to find their raw food by going to http://www.vitalground.org
I have a great deal of respect for vegetarians and vegans. I've often said I'd prefer to be vegetarian but I can't stomach any of the replacement proteins so I stick with meat and feel... not so great about it. SO yeah. Vegetarians and vegans are all good.
What I can't stand is the raw food people. Now, I don't have any problem with the idea that people choose to eat only raw food. I think its a strange lifestyle choice but hey, its their mouth and their stomach and if their digestive systems can handle it, more power to them.
But that's a hint at the problem right there. IF their digestive systems can handle it. Because not everyone's can. I for example have trouble if I eat too much raw fruit or vegetables. I end up... in the bathroom a lot. THat's all you need to know. THe average raw food fanatic will say things like "before all this stupid technology and before man discovered fire, people didn't cook their food! eating only raw food takes us back to the natural roots of our species!" SO let's examine that: We're talking about an era when people died before age 30, lived in caves, there was no way to treat disease, and that's whats being hailed as the good old days. That's not really the problematic part though. What bothers ME is that a lot of people who have weaker constitutions but certainly have a lot to contribute to the world can survive because there are many food options including cooking your food that make them able to digest and nourish themselves, and the raw food people WANT THESE PEOPLE TO EAT RAW. If everyone ate raw, anyone with diverticulitis, IBS or crohn's would die of either starvation or by damaging their digestive system so badly that the internal bleeding would kill them. THAT is the lauded natural state the raw food community wants to restore. In a world where being physically hardy enough to handle a diet of all uncooked food, what would be left would be the strongest physically and this would happen potentially at the expense of the intelligent but delicate people. I'm not saying humanity would get stupid, but it would get stupider and frankly we're stupid enough already.
In summary PBBLLLTTTT!
On the other hand, bears are meant to eat raw food and you should help them have more space to find their raw food by going to http://www.vitalground.org
