Chris Liss on Nostr: Second: Saw some carnivore maxis posting earlier about how fruit is bad for you, been ...
Second: Saw some carnivore maxis posting earlier about how fruit is bad for you, been bred to be extra sweet, etc.
I eat a lot of meat, and I find the absolutism and clarity of thought of carnivore appealing. But I don’t think it’s ultimately correct.
There’s an old Buddhist parable about two monks, sworn to celibacy, walking in a forest. They come across a pretty, young woman who needs help crossing a pond. One of the monks picks her up, carries her across, drops her off at the other side.
The monks walk for a while, the second one (who did not pick up the girl) seething. Finally, he can’t take it anymore, blurts out: “What the hell were you thinking back there at the pond?” First one replies: “Oh, the girl? I put her down at the other side of the pond, sounds like you’ve been carrying her the entire time.”
The issue isn’t whether he carried the girl, but the attachment to it. Do you really think eating an apple every day or some berries is going to severely harm a healthy adult? I smoke cigars — I suppose those are bad too. The point isn’t to avoid everything with sugar that could spike your blood glucose or require an insulin response. The point is not to be an addict, using cheap, available sugars as little dopamine rewards.
Enjoy eating some carbs if you like, or be carnivore if you like too. So long as you feel healthy and have energy, I suspect both are fine. But drugging yourself with fruit (or patting yourself on the back over your purity for avoiding it) is IMO the error.
I eat a lot of meat, and I find the absolutism and clarity of thought of carnivore appealing. But I don’t think it’s ultimately correct.
There’s an old Buddhist parable about two monks, sworn to celibacy, walking in a forest. They come across a pretty, young woman who needs help crossing a pond. One of the monks picks her up, carries her across, drops her off at the other side.
The monks walk for a while, the second one (who did not pick up the girl) seething. Finally, he can’t take it anymore, blurts out: “What the hell were you thinking back there at the pond?” First one replies: “Oh, the girl? I put her down at the other side of the pond, sounds like you’ve been carrying her the entire time.”
The issue isn’t whether he carried the girl, but the attachment to it. Do you really think eating an apple every day or some berries is going to severely harm a healthy adult? I smoke cigars — I suppose those are bad too. The point isn’t to avoid everything with sugar that could spike your blood glucose or require an insulin response. The point is not to be an addict, using cheap, available sugars as little dopamine rewards.
Enjoy eating some carbs if you like, or be carnivore if you like too. So long as you feel healthy and have energy, I suspect both are fine. But drugging yourself with fruit (or patting yourself on the back over your purity for avoiding it) is IMO the error.