The tofu is good. I’m not a fan of coconut oil (in yogurts and others).

The pollution stops when the production reduces dramatically.

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It’s not my video, it’s by Natalie Fulton (a vegan activist). I didn’t notice any AI overview, but I probably just listened to the video in the background. Can you point to a timecode?

Maybe there are more definitions of meltdown than you think.

They take the fascist hype about being a superior being very seriously. The biohacking and related activity is part of becoming that. It’s an embodiment of fascism, but, in effect, it’s the deeper commodification of the body’s systems; every cell, every hormone, every amino-acid, every calorie, all must become part of the life and death rat race competition (under capitalism). I think that the somewhat recent show, “INVINCIBLE”, presents the fitness story of that strain of fascism very clearly.

Fitness in of itself is part of the broader problem of mortal existence without meaning. Fascists give it their kind of meaning, the meaning of being super, even super-natural. You can find better meaning to bind to fitness if you try, just keep in mind that we live in a society which lives in an ecology.

No

For some context and counter-example: https://www.vegetology.com/blog/lanolin-and-vitamin-d

That’s like saying tapering off a drug addiction is a compromise compared to going cold turkey.

At least google “food addiction”.

Here’s some watching:

https://www.pcrm.org/news/exam-room-podcast/food-addiction-why-we-cant-stop-eating

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25xWdFYtt6w or the podcast page itself https://theproof.com/beating-food-addictions-dr-jud-brewer/

When you start with compromises like that, the failure is guaranteed, there is no “attempt”.

Considering the role of food as pleasure, this fear of big changes can backfire because people are addicted to food. It’s easier to succeed if you do a revolution in your kitchen instead of half-assed tiny changes that maintain “temptations”. It’s also much more satisfying to engage in something new, an adventure, and start to make progress in it (to accomplish things); the big change is its own reward, which helps to keep it going because you feel more agency, more capability.

This may be a new study, but it’s confirming what was known already.

Of course, CNN is trying to dilute the message and claim some magical middle ground:

“The goal shouldn’t be perfection but rather a healthy and sensible dietary pattern that allows room for enjoyment,” Kuhnle said.

From the abstract:

We conservatively estimated that—relative to zero consumption—consuming processed meat (at 0.6–57 g d−1) was associated with at least an 11% average increase in type 2 diabetes risk and a 7% (at 0.78–55 g d−1) increase in colorectal cancer risk. SSB intake (at 1.5–390 g d−1) was associated with at least an 8% average increase in type 2 diabetes risk and a 2% (at 0–365 g d−1) increase in IHD risk. TFA consumption (at 0.25–2.56% of daily energy intake) was associated with at least a 3% average increase in IHD risk.

emphasis added.

Eradicate the cow farming sector and the fly problem goes away.

quick calories: sweet fruits, dried fruits

slower calories: pretzels and crackers

better calories: a fresh fruit and a whole grain sandwich with some spread, some condiments, some leaves.

classic low effort: the mix of nuts and dried fruits (like raisins)

Nuts and seeds alone are obvious, but they also have a lot of calories and may not provide calories that fast, so you can end up overeating. That’s why I go for more starchy snacks from cereals, if any. Try to eat dense calories with more fiber, especially fat.

It also helps to have a bigger breakfast. Speaking of a nice porridge, there are all sorts of portable “oat bars” and similar things. Those can pack a lot of calories too, often too much. (You can make them at home, it’s not that difficult.) If you can’t find those, try looking for “work-out bars” that are plant-based.

And watch your weight. The need for snacks can be a sign that your breakfast was too small.

The Pale Blue Bean

is piefed social down?

RIP Amazon people, forest and climate tipping point.

Only applies to artists who can no longer enjoy the spoils.

Add the else branches to the nested version and log the failed conditions (to make it more obvious).

China banned the farming and trading of most wildlife species for food in 2020, but these practices have simply gone underground. “We are back to business as usual,” says Vincent Nijman, a conservation biologist at Oxford Brookes University, UK, with “millions and millions of animals being traded on a daily basis”.

So much for “individual action is pointless, the government should make the big changes”.

1. “Owning” pets isn’t vegan. Hosting rescued animals, sure.

2. If you kill a pig to feed a cat, it’s like a “zero-sum game”. This means that you need a secondary criteria to make the decision, if you don’t want to play favorites (make a biased decision over who lives). This is the bloody chaos created by animal breeders.

In this situation, you are the “death panel”. Just ask people who work in animal shelters how they make the decisions, that may be a better guide than rolling dice or flipping a coin.

Like with other domestic animals who’ve been genetically sabotaged by humans, the goal is their extinction. “Pets” also include exotic animals, in which case sanctuaries and returning them to the wild are worthy goals.

Dogs can make it, cats are an issue and it would be good to have some of that non-animal-based “lab meat” for cats. And people who want these non-human animals to be like fitness models - pictures of ideal health or “platonic forms” of pets - are not serious people, they live in privileged fantasies and should be ignored.