Earth Day Post

[bubbles79]

It is still Earth Day, and I do have something on my mind that is... Earth-related... so I'm taking this opportunity to ask for your advice.

I read something recently which broke my heart. It was in a book about nutrition, and it was discussing the cultural realities that affect what foods are available to us. It said something like, "The question

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[bubbles79]

I am worried about traveling, because aside from raw fruit and veggies which I can keep on me, there's not a lot of vegan fare to be found outside my kitchen. Plus, I don't plan on dragging Jen to every vegan-friendly restaurant in the Fort Collins area. She might kill me and eat me.

Speaking of dairy intolerance, part of what sold me on the idea that dairy can't be good for you (aside from imagining sucking my breakfast out of someone's breast) is that we were physically unable to digest it as adults until very recently. Apparently some cattle farmers decided that indigestion was preferable to starvation, and found that a very small number of them didn't get sick at all. They thrived, natural selection did its thing... It's only within the last few generations that the majority of our population became lactose-tolerant. In fact, it's very culture- and race-specific. Even in the U.S., the overwhelming majority of Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanics are still lactose-intolerant.

As far as animal product related illness, read The China Study. In fact, just read the first 10 pages. That will answer every wondering you ever had on the topic.

[myras_girls]

Well lucky for you there are plenty of vegan friendly restaurants in the Fort that also serve meat for Jen. Woot~!