It is better to eat ANIMALS OR PLANTS? | Controversial Conversations | A Video Podcast

[@aaronml8298]

Great video, lots of useful info thanks guys!

[@BigSlimyBlob]

You're correct. Animals are much healthier and, if done properly, better for the environment. The study you're thinking of is the Minnesota Coronary Experiment, though the movement predates that by almost a hundred years (with people like William Banting, who himself actually got the idea from the French).

[@monicaroberts4692]

I'm on minute 13:33. I'm 100 percent Swedish in heritage, paleo for 33 years. I'm fine with a bit of olive oil, just not to much. Love that grass fed beef fat, never hurts me. Every couple of years, I scold my self for not being a lettuce eater, after a week of eating salads I can't take a bite. That's Mediterranean food, I'm not from there. I have a raw shredded root salad that I could eat twice a day all year long. Yes the Mediterranean diet is perfect, if that is your heritage. If you are Inuit seal meat, seal fat and dried blue berries, salmon are it. As you say, we have the power to figure this out. We were all gifted with wonderful brains. I'm enjoying the both of you!

[@monicaroberts4692]

I'm in my early sixties. When I turned forty, all my vegetarian friends had lots of wrinkles. I'm finally getting a few.

[@tinyhandsbigdreams]

Love this! I think there's so much to be said about heritage and genetics in what we each individually need to eat to feel our best. The problem is when people look at a diet that works for one person and tries to apply it to themselves, when they are a completely different make up of human. Thanks for the support!!

[@tinyhandsbigdreams]

And I personally think wrinkles are great, a sign of life well lived - hopefully plenty of laugh and smile lines!

[@AnneHeyns]

The massive increase in heart attacks and the younger age getting it too has been shown due to animal fat free diets that most people follow since animal fat is what our bodies need to keep our veins soft and supple it was found. Without animal fat our veins suffer and literally dries out and that's why as young as 18 year olds are getting heart problems now.♦

[@tinyhandsbigdreams]

Interesting! It makes sense that our bodies need the animal fats, given that we ARE animals. And omnivores, at that. It's not feeding a dog a vegan diet, they aren't designed for that.

[@AnneHeyns]

@@tinyhandsbigdreams We do need it- a heart surgeon that did the research wrote the article stating that they were very wrong years ago to tell people to cut it out of their diets completely - we do need it. Not in overdose for sure, but we do need to have it in moderate portions.

[@livefreeallways]

The myocarditis epidemic didn't start till after the gene poison $hot.

[@geterdone]

Cheese/ dairy: We were members of a goat Association when we were raising goats and making cheese and it’s basically protectionism/monopoly/some could say ignorance, but probably not. Follow the money for the whole dairy issue (or anything else ) and selling raw things. It’s really super interesting to see what types of foods are allowed to be produced and sold in Europe vs against the law in Estados Unidos. It was a pretty good class having people with masters degrees and PhD‘s who knew the facts telling us how stupid the policies in the US are.

[@geterdone]

Idea for a video: I’ll be coming to Quito and Cuenca in January for a few weeks and I have to say that I really love you your videos but here’s an idea: You mentioned homeschool in a previous reply and I’m looking for a poor area where I can have physical safety, but be able to teach and contribute to a local community in my retirement. I’ve been teaching an apprenticeship program for almost 20 years and working full-time during the week on top of that in the water-based fire protection industry, which encompasses a myriad of different cross, connecting technologies. Could you maybe address homeschooling, the Ecuadorian education system, how the locals feel about volunteers or people volunteering to teach or even if there is a need or desire for any type of technical classes in the countryside , and also a little bit curious if your son gets to go to a regular school with the locals and learn Spanish organically

[@tinyhandsbigdreams]

Hmmm, this is interesting. We have considered diving into the topic of homeschooling, but it's not only touchy (which we're fine with), it also opens up criticism about our parenting and most specifically, our kids, which we're less okay with. But we just might do it!

[@tinyhandsbigdreams]

As to what you want to do, I think that's great! There are a lot of people here who want to learn English specifically, so that might be a great avenue.

[@LyingEyes-t3m]

If plants were made for us, turn around and go eat all those leaves

[@geterdone]

Speaking of meat if one would like to include fish for their omega-3’s, a lot of people do not realize that if you’re eating farm raised fish they will not have the omega-3’s in them because they’re feeding them corn based fish food. Kind of like eating fishy potato chips, I guess.

[@leeennise.a3338]

Imo. Variety is health. A little bit of everything, including dirt is good for you

[@tinyhandsbigdreams]

Good point!

[@user-lc5cg6gd5o]

Is most of the pork in Ecuador pasture raised or is it more commercial feed lot raised like in the states?

[@tinyhandsbigdreams]

Essentially everything you will buy at a butcher shop or market is a commercially raised pigs - concrete and corn. It's not ideal, at all. Individuals have pigs that keep in small enclosures and feed scraps. What we do with pasture/forest raised them in electric fencing is really uncommon here.

[@user-lc5cg6gd5o]

@@tinyhandsbigdreams Thank you for the information.

[@user-lc5cg6gd5o]

I am about half way through the video. I am not sure if you mention the difference in the beef you get in Ecuador (grass fed) vs the typical beef in the Untied States (grain fed) not to mention all the antibiotics and hormones used on the beef in the U.S.. While you can pay for grass fed in the states, grass fed is the norm in most South American countries.

[@tinyhandsbigdreams]

I don't think we get into that in this video, but we definitely have in previous conversations. Yes, beef here is essentially all grass fed, which is great as far as nutrition goes - but in conjunction with the breeds of cows common here, the beef isn't great (at least in our opinion and taste). Leaner, tougher, and without a lot of great 'beefy' flavor. That's just a preference, though.

[@user-lc5cg6gd5o]

@@tinyhandsbigdreams I see you raise your own pigs. Have you found a source of good beef that has that taste you prefer?

[@tinyhandsbigdreams]

Not specifically. Right now we buy from the local butcher, who gets it from the slaughterhouse...it's a luck of the draw. Some cows are great, others not so much. We will be adding meat sheep to the farm, hopefully in the next year, which will be our on-farm red meat option.

[@user-lc5cg6gd5o]

@@tinyhandsbigdreams While we will be living quite some distance from where you are located. We may be very interested if you get to the point that you are going to be selling any of your lamb/mutton or pork.

[@livefreeallways]

if someone is going to be vegan, raw vegan is the better choice with emphasis on fruit. I have several friends who are thriving on it. I think it's okay to add some animal foods to that. ALready eliminated processed foods including oils, grains, factory farmed animals and the pasturized milk.

[@tinyhandsbigdreams]

Hmmm, perhaps. Thought the issue with a high-fruit diet is the quantity of sugar in that. I'm sure some people can thrive for a while on such a diet, but there aren't a lot of long-term studies to show that it's beneficial in the long run. of course, diet is individual and certain people can thrive on very different diets than someone else.

[@medusa210562]

Without even watching this video. Why do animals eat uncooked meat but humans cook it.

[@tinyhandsbigdreams]

Interesting point! I suppose we're concerned mostly with parasites that can be in the meat, whereas the animals that eat meat aren't aware of such things. Plenty of cultures DO eat raw meat, and they are likely more biologically adapted to do so.

[@markschuette3770]

if you care about the environment and the LEAST amount of cruelty to animals- you gota go vegy.