On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:58:21 -0500, Mike Horlick <[log in to unmask]>  
wrote:
> ...Also, my wife has asked me... How come in Asian countries where so  
> many
> people rely on cereals/grains that the perception is that many people  
> there are healthier (and thinner) than those in the Western countries?

I don't know if that perception is accurate, but from what I have been  
told by people who have lived there, they tend to walk more and eat less  
(quantity) than westerners, with a higher proportion of vegetables.

> Another issue I find a bit hard to get around is the whole idea of  
> killing. ...  At least when you're eating a tofu-burger there wasno  
> violence involved in its production

 From whose perspective?  Yours or the soybean's?  If you're only eating  
carrots and lettuce, you're still killing something (a plant).  Even if  
all you ever ate were fruits and seeds, you'd still be "killing" by  
preventing those seeds from developing.  Every animal kills to eat.   
That's just the way it is.

> Another thing I'm a bit curious about... There seems to be some of you  
> that only eat meat.
> I'm wondering... Don't you miss certain food sensations? (like biting  
> into a crisp apple, eating a luscious peach, a nice bagel with peanut  
> butter, etc...)

I'm not strict paleo, and definitely not "meat only", and that's part of  
the reason why.  I have a garden and an orchard, and nothing beats fresh  
fruit and veggies, straight from the source.  (My philosophy is more "no  
industrial foods".  I even eat wheat occasionally, in the form of homemade  
sourdough bread from wheat I grind myself.  Go ahead, call me a heretic,  
but a slice of bread still hot from the oven, slathered with butter, is  
*really* tasty.)

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   Robert Kesterson
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