Great topic. Earlier today, I was thinking about how these diets are literally a luxury. Being able to pick and choose your foods based on your preference is a privilege. I’ve been to many places with extreme poverty and those people were just happy to eat…anything viable. Just white rice and fish for the day. I’m sure they wouldn’t turn down a burger from McDonald’s or just eat vegetables for the week. It’s very eye opening. I’ve personally been humbled by the experience. To me, food is food. Eat it to survive.
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I am very grateful I have many options in what I eat.
🫶 I met someone last week that told me she and her kids went looking in garbage bins for food to eat. She felt so much shame. I also met another guy last week who was ok with eating food that people didn’t finish. Instead of throwing it away, he was ok with taking the scraps and eating it. I share these stories because a vegan diet or carnivore diet means nothing to them. They’re hungry.
I will eat anything. I am like a garbage dislosal. Wasting food seems wrong. Eating meat that would have gone uneaten is transmuting energy in my view. It's not about the thing. It's about intention. Energy can shift with intention.
Understood. I’m just sharing experiences. To them, it’s satisfying an empty stomach whether it’s meat or vegetables.
I don’t judge anyone’s intentions. I don’t knock anyone’s diet, preferences, or choices. I can understand being hungry and simply seeing food as food as a way to survive.
I appreciate the dialogue and conversation. 🫂