I've been following the Ditto project, I'm hoping that brings some traction if/when it launches. When you have a seamless way to run both the Fediverse and Nostr at the same time, I wonder if it will cut down on that echo-chamber effect.

Agree, still better discoverability would be nice, which in turn will be easier when more people with different interests create content on on and for the protocol. Lack in discoverability = lack of incentives for interesting content creators. It takes a lot of effort to create a network effect.

Nostr needs an (optional) crack-cocaine addicting algorythm like x has to get the masses onboard.

By cutting out highly process foods and going on a highly restrictive diet you have remove the cause of your symptoms but you also have removed foods that are beneficial to your health.

Plants are not bad for people . They have always been part of our diet. Having a negative reaction to a plan doesn't mean that they are all bad or that you should permanently exclude the plan you have a reaction to. There might be an underlying medical reason that can be address or reducing the quantity ingested may not trigger a reaction.

Over 60% of the calories consumed in the US are ultra processed, and it's higher for children. Diets high in ultra processed foods have been linked with increased risk of heart disease, weight gain, cancer, and even mortality. If you are looking for a correlation between food and diseases, it's not with vegetables, it's with ultra process foods.

The reason people are struggling is due to the lack of food eduction, modern food production, financial incentives, and the way doctors are trained.

Also, let's stop comparing ourselves with other animals. We have different digestive systems and different ways to process food and extract the nutriments we need.

We should concern ourselves with how or body works, what it needs and how to provide it.

I brought up cows solely to demonstrate that it can’t be true that all plants are dangerous to eat because they produce toxins. Some plants are even toxic to cows and have to be removed from fields where cows graze. But the point is that some plants are edible to cows, who only eat plants, so a blanket statement about plants is inappropriate.

Beyond not having pronounced carnivore dentition, we actually have omnivore dentition. We also have an omnivore gut. Herbivores have very long, complex guts, while carnivore guts are short. Ours, like other omnivores, are in between.

The effects of agriculture and the eating of plants at all are two different questions. The argument for a paleo diet makes a lot more sense to me than for lifelong carnivore.

Hot take for Nostr: the claim that all plants are dangerous to eat doesn't make logical sense.

Yes, even edible plants may produce compounds that are toxic. Every toxin is toxic in its own particular way. The body is a complex system; sometimes a chemical may benefit the body in one way while detracting from it in another. Sometimes a compound may only be toxic in certain concentrations or health conditions. Sometimes a toxin is quickly broken down in digestion and has no ill effect.

Even without that level of nuance, the belief that all plants are unsafe to eat doesn't make logical sense when you look at the animal kingdom and human history. Obligate herbivores, like cows, live their whole lives eating nothing but plants in perfect health. This should not be possible if plants are unsafe to eat because of their toxins.

You can tell which animals are naturally carnivores, omnivores, or herbivores by studying their teeth. Humans have omnivore teeth, and despite enormous variation, almost all human cultures have omnivorous diets -- yes, including nomads that get held up as the hunters living under a theoretically perfect meat-based diet. They are called hunter-gatherers because they gather (forage) as well. The closest culture I know of to living carnivore, the Inuit, still ate vegetable matter like berries at the rare times when they could.

Clearly, meat is health-giving for most people. Some can live well (but do we know for how long?) on a diet of meat alone. Carnivore and other high-meat diets are documented to have corrected serious health issues in many individuals.

I'm just suggesting to the more aggressively carnivore: take a step back and a deep breath, because you are coming across very arrogantly. Your diet may not be ideal for every individual, and to insist that it is because plants are toxic does not reflect the broader perspective I've touched on above.

There's no call to get rude about dietary choices. Save that anger for tyrants who want to be your master.

#diet #carnivore #thoughts #grownostr

"I eat fruit & honey on the carnivore diet" = "I have shots of whiskey here & there while sober"

The some-poison camps (paleo, keto, "animal based") beat the drum that carnivores are "too extreme" and "so dogmatic"

Or maybe, we just like our words to actually mean something? 🤔

It is a service which you can disable if you wish to do so.

Why?

WERE ALL GETTING GIRLFRIENDS!? nostr:note12w4dke99njpay05yycwq7ewyw6ctwwg640v0l7wsejadm8ktnpxqgz5f5p

yeah suuuure regular people are gonna download this app

These is absolutely no reason for steam to be so dominant in the game industry. It’s service sucks. Nostr can be a great platform for game developers.