Dean said:I do remember reading that thread about whether Peating was easy or whatever and agreeing with your side of the argument. I think there is alot of self-convincing affirmation going on when people claim that Peating is as easy as pie. That's not to say that restricting yourself to Peat approved foods is unsatisfying or deficient, just that given the world we live in, it isn't easy or going to be easy, especially long term.
Yes. After all, it is true to assert that a Peat diet is easy
if you also believe
that a Peat diet is anything that any individual wants it to be.
(You may think I jest. But many "Peatians" do believe this. )
Dean said:I am guilty of engaging in clumsy shorthand with my statement about Peat not following his own diet optimally anymore. What I meant to say and should have said that I find it curious that Dr. Peat eats meat as much as he does, given everything he's written about tryptophan/serotonin and the inconvenience of all the gelatin and coffee one has to have with it to offset the negatives.
I was responding to something over in the "Notes Toward" thread a bit ago which was related.
Someone was saying that a cow icon was inappropriate in representing a Peat diet.
The poster said that a cow used like that would make people feel guilty
because they might think it would imply that we might eat a cow.
Well...Peat does think we should eat that cow!
Every bit of it: liver, tongue, hooves, bones, tail, kidney, eyes, snout, ears, feet...
well, maybe not too much of the muscle meat.
Liver and gelatin and bone broth are obviously Peat-endorsed options on a Peat diet.
My point is: animal foods are strongly and centrally recommended Peat options.
There's no getting around that.
Well...I take that back.
One could do a Peat diet while avoiding all animal foods besides milk/cheese.
It would be a challenge to find some nutrients, but it could be done I think.
Now...could you not eat any animal food at all, including milk on a Peat diet?
Really tough. I don't think so.
So back to Peat and his meat eating.
I personally see it as an indicator that Peat is human.
That he has food Desires.
And some of those foods he Desires are not optimal.
But I bet if you could see exactly what Peat's diet is,
meat would not be that big of a part.
I bet it would be on the periphery.
And I bet he tends to eat cuts that contain more balanced amino profiles
and/or to supplement with gelatin to make that profile less stressful.