Wednesday 12 February 2014
Sunday 2 February 2014
Vegan's of the Northern Hemisphere
A passion for real food has always drawn me towards seeking out the most legit fuel in each city, town, village or market road that I crawl across.
Since I began studying in gloucestershire almost 3 years ago, I set out to try and see the whole county and of course try and visit every known farmers market and 'health' food store, to learn alternative approaches to living in this dynamic region.
By getting out and about and meeting new people each week, I've non intentionally attracted (not from my features.. :/) an array of individuals that have more often than not chosen to take an alternative route and taken it upon themselves to create responsibility for their own health and wellbeing, without the reliance of allopathy.
By doing so and with the help of the "Google doctor", I've seen many people take up numerous fad approaches, diets, prolonged fasting, cleanses, protocols to suite hibernation and more commonly especially around the more diverse regions, veganism is becoming popular and the "in thing" to be labelled as.
Now the argument is that we're not designed to eat animals or any product of them, and I've personally met and spoke with vegans that actually think we (humans) are only designed to eat fruit...Now what a great visual that is, all the mangos, jackfruits and lychees you could dream of...but... only if they actually grew in climates like our own and various Scandinavian origins, would that be even remotely believable. Go back just 60 years or so (let alone before argriculture) and you would struggle to come across a banana in the UK or any Northern hemisphere country. The only sustenance from fruit would have been the seasonal few months of the year where berries, stone fruit, apples and pears with the occasional rhubarb that would have blossomed. So I doubt fasting and hibernating through ketosis would have been a popular move for our ancestors, once the soil had frozen.
For an individual to thrive, an individualised health promoting foundation should always look to be applied, from the sleep we gain, the movement we commit to, the fluids we drink and of course the foods we ingest. And whilst I do believe that fruit is a fantastic fuel and source of vital minerals and sugars that the 'bodies' glands crave... the fruit most people eat within the northern climates that is not produced in their native country, is likely to of been picked unripe, therefore devaluing its true nourishing potential, and likely to of been grown commercially with the help of hyper-allergenic sprays and damaged soils. A complete contrast to what the 11 year old peruvian child has just gone and picked for his breakfast....
Now, I have come across individuals with danish, irish and english origin that follow a "raw is law diet", now they seem to be doing very well when i see them during the summer months, with the occasional sun glistening, fruits flourishing and general relaxed emotional status. But once october to march hits, the signs and symptoms of a compromised metabolism (>body fat%. cold hands, feet, nose, shit sleep), overly taxed adrenals (thyroid issue) and signs of the ever so common 'fatigue', seem all to popular. This is even very common amongst my roughage eating friends to, that really think kale is the new egg and that'll see them through the winter.
Now i'm not trying to pick a fight with the vegans and I do like their message and do share some of their ethical views. But regardless of what we think we should eat, I think the question should really be drawn towards..what have we eaten to become and evolve who we are today (DNA expression)? and what does my body require right now to meet its metabolic needs?
By studying the history of Scandinavian food, human physiology basic agriculture, reading dated recipe books, talking with the older generations, listening to architects share their findings and biologists correlate their views, you begin to understand that every continent is and has been for as long as we know, so vastly different, especially from the foods they grew and consumed.
Aniela Klein (1927) was one of the first researchers I came across that studied starch. She rightly states that each human of the planet is vastly unique, both nutritionally and emotionally. But what all segments of the globe have done throughout evolution as far as we know is that they all cooked/sprouted and consumed starch. Now whilst animal products would have had to of played an integral part of homosapiens surviving throughout harsh ice ages and isolated islands (New Zealand, Japan, Iceland, Shetlands etc..), the realism is that its not the most efficient way to eat..especially when your chasing down a 250lb deer in the carpathian mountains.
Though each pocket of the planet has consumed starch;
So have we always just eaten fruit...?
You can probably add to that list I'm sure, but my point being; It has never been apart of the human race to consciously restrict or avoid the sources of food that have been integrated throughout natures habitats, only the domesticated-civilised humans now consider animals to be fluffy cuddly toys, rather than a source of life, that is design to feed life.
I'm sure picking a dozen paw paw's is far less energy consuming than chasing your food until it tires, but if you didn't have that choice...you'd dedicate every last muscle contraction to that prey.
Only eating fruit, only consuming Raw vegetation or Veganism, may work for some and may even be necessary for certain individuals over a period of time in order to heal a compensated, enzyme deficient, metabolically suppressed system. But the reality is, by connecting with what your body needs and listening to what it wants, you don't have to become enclosed into a single minded, modern day, ethically biased approach to your long/short term health.
Weston A price was a clear pioneer (along with various others) in the finding that no healthy, robust, reproducing, indigenous civilisations where pure plant 'only' eaters or that of purely carnivorous. Every society even if their diet consisted of 90% plants, all contained some aspect of a whole wild animals fat-bones-organs-blood and meat (not farmed within a corrugated shed). The only limiting factor was availability...
Try not to live up to anyone else's expectations
Listen to you...
Beatle.
Broda Barnes- Hope for hypoglycaemia
WAP- Nutriton and physical degeneration
Dr Sebi
Gee Photography-
Now the argument is that we're not designed to eat animals or any product of them, and I've personally met and spoke with vegans that actually think we (humans) are only designed to eat fruit...Now what a great visual that is, all the mangos, jackfruits and lychees you could dream of...but... only if they actually grew in climates like our own and various Scandinavian origins, would that be even remotely believable. Go back just 60 years or so (let alone before argriculture) and you would struggle to come across a banana in the UK or any Northern hemisphere country. The only sustenance from fruit would have been the seasonal few months of the year where berries, stone fruit, apples and pears with the occasional rhubarb that would have blossomed. So I doubt fasting and hibernating through ketosis would have been a popular move for our ancestors, once the soil had frozen.For an individual to thrive, an individualised health promoting foundation should always look to be applied, from the sleep we gain, the movement we commit to, the fluids we drink and of course the foods we ingest. And whilst I do believe that fruit is a fantastic fuel and source of vital minerals and sugars that the 'bodies' glands crave... the fruit most people eat within the northern climates that is not produced in their native country, is likely to of been picked unripe, therefore devaluing its true nourishing potential, and likely to of been grown commercially with the help of hyper-allergenic sprays and damaged soils. A complete contrast to what the 11 year old peruvian child has just gone and picked for his breakfast....
Now, I have come across individuals with danish, irish and english origin that follow a "raw is law diet", now they seem to be doing very well when i see them during the summer months, with the occasional sun glistening, fruits flourishing and general relaxed emotional status. But once october to march hits, the signs and symptoms of a compromised metabolism (>body fat%. cold hands, feet, nose, shit sleep), overly taxed adrenals (thyroid issue) and signs of the ever so common 'fatigue', seem all to popular. This is even very common amongst my roughage eating friends to, that really think kale is the new egg and that'll see them through the winter.
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| Over 200 years hauling pots by hand |
Now i'm not trying to pick a fight with the vegans and I do like their message and do share some of their ethical views. But regardless of what we think we should eat, I think the question should really be drawn towards..what have we eaten to become and evolve who we are today (DNA expression)? and what does my body require right now to meet its metabolic needs?
By studying the history of Scandinavian food, human physiology basic agriculture, reading dated recipe books, talking with the older generations, listening to architects share their findings and biologists correlate their views, you begin to understand that every continent is and has been for as long as we know, so vastly different, especially from the foods they grew and consumed.
Aniela Klein (1927) was one of the first researchers I came across that studied starch. She rightly states that each human of the planet is vastly unique, both nutritionally and emotionally. But what all segments of the globe have done throughout evolution as far as we know is that they all cooked/sprouted and consumed starch. Now whilst animal products would have had to of played an integral part of homosapiens surviving throughout harsh ice ages and isolated islands (New Zealand, Japan, Iceland, Shetlands etc..), the realism is that its not the most efficient way to eat..especially when your chasing down a 250lb deer in the carpathian mountains.
Though each pocket of the planet has consumed starch;
- Asian's ate: wild rice, black rice and wheat
- The Africans ate: Amaranth, black rice, quinoa and kamut
- The Europeans ate: root veggies, oats, wheat and rye
- North Americans ate: corn, spelt and oats
- Central Americans ate: maize, barley and root veg
- South Americans ate: Quinoa, root veg and kamut
So have we always just eaten fruit...?
You can probably add to that list I'm sure, but my point being; It has never been apart of the human race to consciously restrict or avoid the sources of food that have been integrated throughout natures habitats, only the domesticated-civilised humans now consider animals to be fluffy cuddly toys, rather than a source of life, that is design to feed life.
 |
Only eating fruit, only consuming Raw vegetation or Veganism, may work for some and may even be necessary for certain individuals over a period of time in order to heal a compensated, enzyme deficient, metabolically suppressed system. But the reality is, by connecting with what your body needs and listening to what it wants, you don't have to become enclosed into a single minded, modern day, ethically biased approach to your long/short term health.
Weston A price was a clear pioneer (along with various others) in the finding that no healthy, robust, reproducing, indigenous civilisations where pure plant 'only' eaters or that of purely carnivorous. Every society even if their diet consisted of 90% plants, all contained some aspect of a whole wild animals fat-bones-organs-blood and meat (not farmed within a corrugated shed). The only limiting factor was availability...
Try not to live up to anyone else's expectations
Listen to you...
Beatle.
Broda Barnes- Hope for hypoglycaemia
WAP- Nutriton and physical degeneration
Dr Sebi
Gee Photography-
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