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[mellowtigger]

I have a question more about eating than "healthy" eating, I suppose, but it is heavy on the "diet management" aspect.  Are there foods that you will not eat as an omnivore? 

I've finally taken the time to write down my thinking on this matter.  Please critique if you find flaws in my reasoning.
http://mellowtigger.dreamwidth.org/210437.html

Comments

[majoline]

I will second the spoiled/gone off, but otherwise, I don't know that my opinion will be the same as most people's.

I grew up on a cattle ranch/orange orchard and we ate our homegrown meat as well as what we could catch/grow because you haven't been poor until you've been Western food producer poor.

The thing about the primal diet is the fact that it involves eating the whole cow. You totally can live a long and healthy life eating only beef you grow. It also involves eating liver, tripe, bone marrow, heart, etc.

Not to turn you off of your goals! Because all of those things are yummy, but they also aren't the typical diet here anymore and you might have just as big a squick factor on those as bugs for example.

[raze]

Speaking of bugs: they are actually a phenomenal source of nutrition, if one can get over the cultural squickiness!

[majoline]

Oh yeah! I completely agree. If I tell you I grew up eating ants, corn grubs, and crickets you can probably figure out what my cultural background is. *g*

[rydra_wong]

It also involves eating liver, tripe, bone marrow, heart, etc.

Mmmmm.

Gratuitous link to my offal-promotion post, in case it's of interest to mellowtigger.

[majoline]

I'm gratuitously informing you I love that post ♥