to "Super-Size Me" (which I've never seen) and it is on Netflix. It
also argues against making carbohydrates the staple of our diet. I
wasn't paying close attention, but I think it argued in favor of dairy
(see below).
It looks like he keeps a pretty good blog, too. His website is here: http://www.fathead-movie.com/
All I can say is that watching it makes me want to eat steak and eggs
for breakfast, spoonfuls of peanut butter for lunch, and T-bones for
dinner. Seriously, though, I do want to read more. The basis of the
arguments he cites are that humans haven't evolved to eat much
carbohydrate-wise or vegetable-fat-wise. Add to that dairy (which he
doesn't make much of a case against, and for which humans have
traditionally tolerated only as youngsters) and it certainly
recommends against most of what I eat all day long (think: oatmeal or
wheaties for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch, and rice or pasta with
something meat-like (or just 'meat') for dinner - vegetables and fruit
mixed in throughout) and like most people I'm pretty carb heavy.
Time for me to do some learning...
I recommend In Defense of Food for more on evolution and the human diet. I don't consider it a be-all-end-all, but I think it would contribute some food for thought to your learning.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to watch this movie now. Sounds like he's advocating animal products over plants, which I'm not sure I buy into. Or at least that goes against much of what I've read. Except for that Atkins guy; he probably agrees.
Thanks for the recommendation. I've heard about it but never read it, and wouldn't have thought to. Sounds like a good place to start.
ReplyDeleteHe's definitely animal over plant. As I indicated above, the whole dairy thing is a big inconsistency from two perspectives: we haven't evolved to eat dairy through our adult lives, and the fact that we can as a society do it now (without complication? also, of course many cannot) starts a nice argument for how fast our bodies can adapt to a new food source, in theory. All hand waving of course. I should really just go read something.
But, regardless of material, I thought it was hilarious. My favorite is scene where he shows himself lying on hisk deck passed out from lack of energy. It context it just cracks me up.