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On 10/06/2014 1:12 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote:
It is simply impossible to get enough calories without grains, tubers and bananas, all high carb foods. Despite all its drawbacks we simply cannot give up farming and become hunter-gatherers, Hunter-gatherers would have gorged on any form of food that was abundant if they could get their hands on it regardless of whether it was a carb or a protein so I find it odd that anyone would try to turn back the food clock. we cannot turn the clock back 10,000 years and specifically we cannot give up farming grain. How do you think the green revolution saved hundreds of millions from starvation? Please don't rabbit on about T2 diabetes, a disease of the people of rich countries who over eat and under excercise, focus on this one question. How do you feed the world for the next 50 years without heavy reliance on farming and consuming high carb crops? In case you missed it I repeat: please don't rabbit on about T2 diabetes, a disease of the people of rich countries who over eat and under excercise, focus on this one question. Yes. I find it amazing how little exercise seems to be done these days in comparison to how much intake of chow there is in our modern societies. The paleo walking regime would be a good thing to resurrect. Or even a Victorian walking regime. There is an innitiative of the Qld health dept that has gone round the country as a Healthy Heart program. It's called something like "10,000steps" and the goal is to walk 10,000 steps each day. I put on a pedometer and did over 10,000 steps on a normal day of doing housework, gardening and animal care. I did 2 lots of baking in addition to the meals, did a bit of gardening, did 2 loads of washing and hung them out on the line and then brought the clothes in when they were dry and put them away. I did a bit of vacuuming and visited the chooks twice to let them out, feed and water them, collect the eggs and then lock them up for the night. Just an average day for me but I wonder what a lazy sloth step count would be. |
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Todd wrote:
On 06/09/2014 08:12 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote: Speaking of hurting you, those same enterprising humans also increased the carbohydrate levels of potatoes to unnatural levels not found it nature. You are much more likely to get T2 Diabetes from them (1 out 6 chance) than to get nightshade poisoning. This is where your religion gets so weird and impractical. Roughly 2/3 of food calories world wide is carbohydrates and we can't give everybody enough to eat as it is. If we went back to "natural' levels of carbohydrate intake (yet to be defined) what is the chance that most of the world would starve very quickly? I accept that there are too many humans but don't you think this method of population reduction is rather harsh? It is simply impossible to get enough calories without grains, tubers and bananas, all high carb foods. Despite all its drawbacks we simply cannot give up farming and become hunter-gatherers, we cannot turn the clock back 10,000 years and specifically we cannot give up farming grain. How do you think the green revolution saved hundreds of millions from starvation? Please don't rabbit on about T2 diabetes, a disease of the people of rich countries who over eat and under excercise, focus on this one question. How do you feed the world for the next 50 years without heavy reliance on farming and consuming high carb crops? In case you missed it I repeat: please don't rabbit on about T2 diabetes, a disease of the people of rich countries who over eat and under excercise, focus on this one question. David David! Where in the world are you getting this bull shit. T2 Diabetes is all over the world, rich or poor. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=philippines+diabetes http://www.charantia.com/about-diabetes/ The Philippines ranks 10th among countries with the highest diabetes incidence worldwide*. An estimated 6 Million Filipinos know they have diabetes. Another 6 Million Filipinos have diabetes but do not know they have it. Health experts believe many more have impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and are prone to diabetes. And, that was only one of the hits. And if you want other countries, try: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=diabetes+in+the+third+world http://www.cehjournal.org/article/di...world-problem/ THIS IS A WORLD WIDE EPIDEMIC! The only difference between rich and poor is the test equipment. I will let you guess how they test it in poor countries. (Hint: your kidneys spill glucose at ~160 mg/Dl. World's second worst job.) The problem is that carbs are addictive and cheap. The idea that Diabetes is caused by "over eat and under exercise" is absolute rubbish. They probably move 20 times as much as I do in a day over in the Philippines and eat a hell of a lot less. BUT SURPRISE! THEY EAT RICE! I eat lots of plants. All low carb plants. ALL HAVE BEEN FARMED. ALL HAVE BEEN HYBRIDIZED. The idea is to match what our ancestors ate, not to become them. (Okay, growing it yourself or catching it yourself is fun. Good exercise too.) Farmers need to hybridize the fat up and the carbs down. This will be what finally solves the World Wide Diabetes EPIDEMIC. But, they will have to get past a lot of special interests to do it. "over eat and under exercise" is just the special interests looking guilty say, "Gee Wiz, how did that happen?" With one out of six of us going to be injured by this (perhaps one out of three in the near future), yes, I will warn others. It is the decent thing to do. I will also let others that have already been injured know how they can live a normal life, Diabetes and drug free. Also the decent thing to do. For people who are not already injured, a half a potato here and there won't hurt anyone. Just watch yourself. Eat a variety of food in balance. And, eschew foods that are full of chemicals and have four times the amount of carbs found in nature. THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER PLANTS TO EAT! Yummy ones too, especially after your satiation switch normalizes and you get your sense of taste back. I am looking forward to a ton of them this harvest! If I get good at this, maybe I will freeze or bottle some. DRUG AND ALLOPATH FREE SINCE SEPTEMBER 2013! -T Sorry folks I couldn't resist the temptation. I know it's puerile, like tapping on the cage in the reptile house. Todd didn't disappoint, struck out like an Eastern Brown in an ants nest. I'll try not to do it again. He might hurt his nose on the glass. David |
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"David Hare-Scott" writes:
Sorry folks I couldn't resist the temptation. I know it's puerile, like tapping on the cage in the reptile house. Todd didn't disappoint, struck out like an Eastern Brown in an ants nest. I'll try not to do it again. He might hurt his nose on the glass. Yep. What's easier to accept: I got poisoned by the food industry, or, I ate too much and I got sick. -- Dan Espen |
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On 06/10/2014 06:36 AM, Dan.Espen wrote:
"David Hare-Scott" writes: Sorry folks I couldn't resist the temptation. I know it's puerile, like tapping on the cage in the reptile house. Todd didn't disappoint, struck out like an Eastern Brown in an ants nest. I'll try not to do it again. He might hurt his nose on the glass. Yep. What's easier to accept: I got poisoned by the food industry, or, I ate too much and I got sick. Hi Dan, Or I eat what I want and to hell with the consequences. And by the way, I chose what I ate. I believed the "healthy carbs" bull shit. I should have known better, but I liked what I was eating. Carbs are addictive. And, guess what. I still eat too much and I am getting better. Wonder why that is? Do you suppose it is "what" I eat? No, couldn't be. Not a chance. I had to have hurt myself because I sit on my fat ass and eat too much! (2+2=3) Eating too much and drug and allopath free since September 2013. -T No sign of any body parts falling off. Hmmm. Wonder why? Has nothing whatsoever to do with what I eat. Nope. Not a chance. |
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On 06/10/2014 05:31 AM, Fran Farmer wrote:
Hunter-gatherers would have gorged on any form of food that was abundant if they could get their hands on it regardless of whether it was a carb or a protein so I find it odd that anyone would try to turn back the food clock. Hi Fran, "Hunter-gatherers" ate whatever they could get their hands on. And when it was available, they always ate too much. They also had a lot more variety than we do today. A "well balanced diet" and didn't even realize it. And no T2 Diabetes. The difference from today was that they had not artificially hybridized plants for unnatural amounts of carbohydrates. They couldn't get their hands on what is injuring us today. Our bodies are not designed for it. And there is no "natural selection" as we die from excess carbohydrate poisoning after we reproduce. As far as turning back the clock, T2 Diabetes is a world side epidemic. We need to use the same smarts that got us these artificial high carb plants to hybridize the fat up and the carbs down. That will end the problem. In the mean time, there are just a hand full of plants to avoid and you won't risk injuring yourself. One-out of-six! And I still eat too much. I am really enjoying being able to taste my food again. And I am turning out to be a pretty good cook (lots of room to improve though). I am like a kid in a candy store when I get into the produce section of grocery store. Meat section too. I ignore the row after row after row of "healthy carbs". -T |
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On 06/10/2014 06:20 AM, David Hare-Scott wrote:
Sorry folks I couldn't resist the temptation. I know it's puerile, like tapping on the cage in the reptile house. Todd didn't disappoint, struck out like an Eastern Brown in an ants nest. I'll try not to do it again. He might hurt his nose on the glass. David No, you just lost the argument and decided to insult me. |
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On 06/10/2014 10:30 AM, Todd wrote:
We need to use the same smarts that got us these artificial high carb plants to hybridize the fat up and the carbs down. Hi Fran, You just reminded me to add avocados to this weeks shopping list. Great source of plant fat. (Also proves it can be done.) You never said what kind of cow you raise? (Zero carb!) Out here most all of the ranches are Cow-Calf. For those unfamiliar, Cow-Calf is where the ranchers raise the calves to a certain age, then sell then to others to raise the rest of the way. Sort of like the tomato plants we buy at the nursery. When the ranchers round up all the calves for sale, the mamas cry all night. Kind of heart breaking. One guy raises cows with the bent horns that the rodeo cowboys like to wrestle to the ground -- too hard to do with straight horns. -T |
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On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 5:31:32 AM UTC-7, Fran Farmer wrote:
On 10/06/2014 1:12 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote: It is simply impossible to get enough calories without grains, tubers and bananas, all high carb foods. Despite all its drawbacks we simply cannot give up farming and become hunter-gatherers, Hunter-gatherers would have gorged on any form of food that was abundant if they could get their hands on it regardless of whether it was a carb or a protein so I find it odd that anyone would try to turn back the food clock. we cannot turn the clock back 10,000 years and specifically we cannot give up farming grain. How do you think the green revolution saved hundreds of millions from starvation? Please don't rabbit on about T2 diabetes, a disease of the people of rich countries who over eat and under excercise, focus on this one question. How do you feed the world for the next 50 years without heavy reliance on farming and consuming high carb crops? In case you missed it I repeat: please don't rabbit on about T2 diabetes, a disease of the people of rich countries who over eat and under excercise, focus on this one question. Yes. I find it amazing how little exercise seems to be done these days in comparison to how much intake of chow there is in our modern societies. The paleo walking regime would be a good thing to resurrect. Or even a Victorian walking regime. There is an innitiative of the Qld health dept that has gone round the country as a Healthy Heart program. It's called something like "10,000steps" and the goal is to walk 10,000 steps each day. I put on a pedometer and did over 10,000 steps on a normal day of doing housework, gardening and animal care. I did 2 lots of baking in addition to the meals, did a bit of gardening, did 2 loads of washing and hung them out on the line and then brought the clothes in when they were dry and put them away. I did a bit of vacuuming and visited the chooks twice to let them out, feed and water them, collect the eggs and then lock them up for the night. Just an average day for me but I wonder what a lazy sloth step count would be. We have that 10,000 steps thingie up here too. I put in the same or more as you in house, garden, shoppin, etc. but it never occurred to me that these steps would count toward the 10K. I thought it had to be stride ahead.. Agree 1000% on need to walk more. It IS true that the greater LA area IS dreadfully spread out, such that it would take a good part of the day to take bus(es) to distant part of county.. With better public transport, the suffering could have been mitigated decades ago. But the government is owned by the oil & gas & automobile barons who have spent gazillions over time at the est Little Whorehouse in Washington (AKA U.S. Congress) to make sure their products continue to be consumed, faut de mieux. Now the traffic is so bad -- supposed to be worst in country ??? that people just give up driving during rush hour which used to begin about 4:30-5:00.. Then 3:30-4:00 - then ... so now it is perpetual rush hour. I've read that people spent a WEEK of their lives stuck in traffic!!! Personally, as a card-carrying science freak, I used to enjoy events at JPL and Caltech. Not any more..check out the 405 Freeway at rush hour! Apocalyptic. Back to walking: So, it's a great concept, but realistically... At least we have a lovely promenade overlooking the Pacific -- well used by people and dogs (on leash). HB |
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On 06/10/2014 11:54 AM, Higgs Boson wrote:
Back to walking: So, it's a great concept, but realistically... At least we have a lovely promenade overlooking the Pacific -- well used by people and dogs (on leash). HB Hi Higgs, I personally hate exercise. Rode a stationary bike once and though I'd died and gone to hell. But, if you put a fishing rod in my hands and tell me there are trout over that mountain, I will hike, run, crawl over rocks ... So as Mark Sisson (Mr. Paleo) puts it, the best exercise is the "one that you will do". I find that walking/hiking will bring back down the blood sugar spikes from stress and down about 10 to 15 points in general. And, I also find that you don't have to exercise your ass off either, just do something. TROUT FEAR ME! -T |
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Todd wrote:
On 06/10/2014 06:20 AM, David Hare-Scott wrote: Sorry folks I couldn't resist the temptation. I know it's puerile, like tapping on the cage in the reptile house. Todd didn't disappoint, struck out like an Eastern Brown in an ants nest. I'll try not to do it again. He might hurt his nose on the glass. David No, you just lost the argument and decided to insult me. There was no argument. How do you feed the world for the next 50 years without heavy reliance on farming and consuming high carb crops? D |
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David Hare-Scott wrote:
.... How do you feed the world for the next 50 years without heavy reliance on farming and consuming high carb crops? the same way it was done before much of the current nonsense came along. diversity, smaller farms and people working together as an actual community. i've seen good results here on not much room at all, no reason it can't work on a larger scale other than needing more people who would want to do it. enough people get hungry enough and perhaps they will want to do it too. songbird |
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On 11/06/2014 8:36 AM, David Hare-Scott wrote:
Todd wrote: On 06/10/2014 06:20 AM, David Hare-Scott wrote: Sorry folks I couldn't resist the temptation. I know it's puerile, like tapping on the cage in the reptile house. Todd didn't disappoint, struck out like an Eastern Brown in an ants nest. I'll try not to do it again. He might hurt his nose on the glass. David No, you just lost the argument and decided to insult me. There was no argument. How do you feed the world for the next 50 years without heavy reliance on farming and consuming high carb crops? There will be no sensible response. As a beef producer (grass fed only) and someone who comes from a long line of potato growers and from an immediate family that owned a free range poultry business, I know that access to the type of food that Todd keeps wittering on about is both expensive and scarce even in first world societies. We first worlders are OK, stuff the rest of the world.................... |
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On 11/06/2014 3:30 AM, Todd wrote:
On 06/10/2014 05:31 AM, Fran Farmer wrote: Hunter-gatherers would have gorged on any form of food that was abundant if they could get their hands on it regardless of whether it was a carb or a protein so I find it odd that anyone would try to turn back the food clock. Hi Fran, "Hunter-gatherers" ate whatever they could get their hands on. And when it was available, they always ate too much. They also had a lot more variety than we do today. A "well balanced diet" and didn't even realize it. And no T2 Diabetes. Where is your cite to prove that there was no T2 diabetes amongst hunter gatherers? The difference from today was that they had not artificially hybridized plants for unnatural amounts of carbohydrates. They couldn't get their hands on what is injuring us today. Our bodies are not designed for it. And there is no "natural selection" as we die from excess carbohydrate poisoning after we reproduce. As far as turning back the clock, T2 Diabetes is a world side epidemic. As is obesity and falling rates of physical activity according to the WHO. We need to use the same smarts that got us these artificial high carb plants to hybridize the fat up and the carbs down. That will end the problem. As will increased physical activity, eating in moderation and loss of weight. In the mean time, there are just a hand full of plants to avoid and you won't risk injuring yourself. One-out of-six! And I still eat too much. Then perhaps you could try to learn self control. I am really enjoying being able to taste my food again. And I am turning out to be a pretty good cook (lots of room to improve though). I am like a kid in a candy store when I get into the produce section of grocery store. Meat section too. I ignore the row after row after row of "healthy carbs". -T |
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On 11/06/2014 4:20 AM, Todd wrote:
On 06/10/2014 10:30 AM, Todd wrote: We need to use the same smarts that got us these artificial high carb plants to hybridize the fat up and the carbs down. Hi Fran, You just reminded me to add avocados to this weeks shopping list. Great source of plant fat. (Also proves it can be done.) You never said what kind of cow you raise? Angus and some Angus cross. (Zero carb!) Out here most all of the ranches are Cow-Calf. For those unfamiliar, Cow-Calf is where the ranchers raise the calves to a certain age, then sell then to others to raise the rest of the way. Sort of like the tomato plants we buy at the nursery. When the ranchers round up all the calves for sale, the mamas cry all night. Kind of heart breaking. One guy raises cows with the bent horns that the rodeo cowboys like to wrestle to the ground -- too hard to do with straight horns. -T |
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