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Some Foods "Wants" To Be Eaten, Some Are Not
The nature is telling us on what to eat and what to not eat.
- Food that did not contains killing the whole animals or plants means it "wants" to be eaten. Which is, fruits, milks, and nectars.
- Eating seeds, leaves, or even flesh of an animals means killing it. It means they don't want to be eaten from the first place.
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Why We Invent Cooking
- Fruit, nectar, or milk has been produced dilligently in a way that it's directly digestible.
- For example, plants needs to bear fruit to sprout their seeds. The seeds doesn't want to be eaten, it wants to grow. The animals who eat the fruit help the plants to sow the seeds somewhere. Same applied for nectars.
- On the other hand, milk is produced for newborn of the same species. That's why we still suffer from lactose intolerant because cow milk means to be consumed by cow, not us.
- However, doesn't mean we can't eat other food. That's why we invent cooking.
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Cooking Is More Than The Nutrition
- Cooking not only helps us eating undigestible food to the digestible one. It shapes and grow our brains.
- Cooking also changes our social structure. Back then, bonfire is not only for cook, but also for socialize.
- Now, food still become a center of any party or gathering. It acts as social lubricant.
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The Modern Approach To Food Reduce The Value Of It
- Fast food is convenience, however it is not only strip the nutrient, but also strip the social experience of eating the food.
- GMO or other modified organism may be beneficial for us, but we don't know the effect of it in the long run.
- Globalization has make any food available in any place possible, however this means local food are being replaced significantly. Unfortunately, our body can't adapt for change quickly. That's why some people can't digest certain foods.
- Abundance of food in supermarket or restaurant make us eat more food than we need. This leads to "modern" diseases like obesity.
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Some Diets Are Suitable For Some People Only
- People in different region needs a different kind of food.
- That's why some diets, like paleo or medditeranian, are not suitable for most people.
- The reductionism approach to food, to only focus on nutrition, is damaging us in the long run.
- Our ancestors, everywhere, eat a diverse range of food. Not a protein bars or supplements.
- So it's better to eat your traditional or local food as much as possible.
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Actionable Tips
- Shop in the edges of supermarket. Means, avoid processed food and choose whole food instead.
- Avoid GMO if possible.
- Respect your food cravings or aversion as long as it doesn't pose any significant risk. For example, aversion might indicate allergy.
- Expose ourselves to eat a diverse range of food, especially food that comes from our ethnic background.
- Perceive food as a whole, not only about nutrition.
- Reduce food stocks and have an occasional fasting. This will avoid us to gorge food and eat more calories than needed.
- Eat foods with other people.
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CURATOR'S NOTE
A summary of the chapter 5, "Food". Read this if you want to change your diet or eat better.
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