tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post7692404854050816737..comments2023-10-30T04:06:45.798-07:00Comments on arduous blog: Food as Religionruchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-75919173364836462842011-02-24T12:20:51.143-08:002011-02-24T12:20:51.143-08:00Ruchi,
I totally agree with the thought and idea ...Ruchi,<br /><br />I totally agree with the thought and idea behind "Don't eat what your grandmother does not recognize", but, what's that english expression again, one has to take it with a grain of salt?<br /><br />And yes, I'm procrastinating again...<br /><br />but your latest post and the answers to it gave me food for thought.Sonjanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-21889177399735629732011-02-15T23:05:22.208-08:002011-02-15T23:05:22.208-08:00Sonja, I never thought about that, but that's ...Sonja, I never thought about that, but that's funny. My grandmothers are fairly young I guess, but my great grandmothers probably would recognize very little as food that wasn't in Indian cuisine.ruchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-30942794993680956602011-02-15T07:15:47.775-08:002011-02-15T07:15:47.775-08:00Hi there!
I stumbled upon your blog some time ago...Hi there!<br /><br />I stumbled upon your blog some time ago and have been reading through your older posts whenever I really needed to study but simply couldn't anymore - I'm sure you'll understand ;-).<br /><br />I liked this post about food because a) it made me laugh and b), yes you're right, food is tantamount to politics in terms of discussing/ doing small talk - bound to get heated. (religion not so much in my culture)<br /><br />It made me laugh because of the Grandmother thing: my grandmother grew up in Pomerania before the second world war. They ate many things! that are considered to be unhealthy today and had no such things as basil or curry or spaghetti or even rice. At that time, she would not have recocknized those things as food, so we're not supposed to eat that? ;-) *giggles*Sonjanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-57256405171432431582011-02-13T17:58:10.662-08:002011-02-13T17:58:10.662-08:00EcoCat- Yeah, that guy is pretty much a food zealo...EcoCat- Yeah, that guy is pretty much a food zealot. No real difference from a religious zealot really.<br /><br />Alex, yes I am SURE it gets much worse when you become a parent. Witness Rosa's comment about the carrots being too high in sugar.ruchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-29911626656509519552011-02-13T17:52:46.951-08:002011-02-13T17:52:46.951-08:00It is so confusing! I never really know what to ea...It is so confusing! I never really know what to eat, particularly if you are pressed for time, have picky eaters and a low budget! But we keep trying...<br /><br />The judgment and emotion so many people bring in to these eating well ideas are awful - basically they make it sound like you are killing yourself (and your family) if you don#t eat their recommended way.<br /><br />But if you think that's bad - wait until you have kids!! Firstly you have to worry about what they're eating and secondly, there is almost a war on between the two extreme camps of parenting philosophies, each claiming the others are doing their babies long-term psychological harm. Most of us sit in the middle, mouths gaping but taking a middle ground is also not acceptable to most 'true believers' and you are seen as just as bad. Grrr.<br /><br />Anyway, good eating to you! Maybe you can write your own diet book? 'Eating Right with Ruchi'!Alexhttp://www.elasticpeople.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-57523403100167617482011-02-13T17:04:56.529-08:002011-02-13T17:04:56.529-08:00Thought you might find this article of interest: h...Thought you might find this article of interest: http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_17364102?source=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dp-news-local+(Denver+Post%3A+News%3A+Local%3A+All+Local+News)<br /><br />Now that's taking Veganism a bit too far!EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-33799568765581822042011-02-12T12:31:12.096-08:002011-02-12T12:31:12.096-08:00EcoYogini, unfortunately I think that snobbery exi...EcoYogini, unfortunately I think that snobbery exists everywhere. It's natural I guess ... we all have our moral values and we believe that our values are the right ones or we wouldn't have them. But I think it's important to realize that other people can be good people and still have different values than you.ruchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-55613786997298491552011-02-12T10:42:35.241-08:002011-02-12T10:42:35.241-08:00this is an awesome post. I agree with you that foo...this is an awesome post. I agree with you that food is political- and people in the Yoga world aren't all "lets hold hands and bond" about it either (which I expected naively them to be- but getting called "unyogic" for the way you eat smacks of a high level of snobbery and closed minded if you ask me).<br /><br />A great reminder of how life is never just black and white. :)Eco Yoginihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693080137196812405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-23229981861655461562011-02-11T21:14:56.995-08:002011-02-11T21:14:56.995-08:00True Dat! For every study you read saying that XYZ...True Dat! For every study you read saying that XYZ is wonderful, you can find an equal number saying that it causes cancer. <br /><br />I also think that perhaps not all humans are the same in terms of what sort of nutritional programs are going to work for them. <br /><br />Yet more reasons that we all need to chill and stop proselytizing about our dietary choices!EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-26972768571907930582011-02-11T20:32:54.703-08:002011-02-11T20:32:54.703-08:00Ecocatlady, I think one of the big problems unfort...Ecocatlady, I think one of the big problems unfortunately is that most of the scientific information is really unclear and uncertain. This was really surprising to me when I started looking at scientific studies for help with lowering my cholesterol, but a doctor friend of mine told me that the truth is that doctors and scientists still don't know a lot about how our bodies work. The problem is that we can find lots of correlations, but determining causation is really, really, really hard.<br /><br />Rosa, OMG, are you SERIOUS?!! Too much sugar from CARROTS?!!ruchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-22493666524689558302011-02-11T18:02:09.196-08:002011-02-11T18:02:09.196-08:00Broccoli might be untouchable, but I have had a mo...Broccoli might be untouchable, but I have had a mom suggest that maybe my son shouldn't have so many carrots - you know they're high in sugar, right?Rosanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-59936980354505106232011-02-11T17:14:03.235-08:002011-02-11T17:14:03.235-08:00Ha! I'm starting to think that EVERYTHING is a...Ha! I'm starting to think that EVERYTHING is a religion in this country. Or perhaps it's just that our national pass time is self righteous indignation, and we'll use any excuse to go there.<br /><br />The truth is that there are no black and whites here. Everything you eat has an environmental impact, and human nutrition is so varied and complex that there really is no "right" way to eat. Then you have to factor in people like myself who are allergic to half the foods on the planet...<br /><br />Personally, I think that all the sound and fury gets in the way of what we really neeed which is good solid scientific information.EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-43587451345716147182011-02-11T11:32:04.195-08:002011-02-11T11:32:04.195-08:00Thistle, to be fair to His Pollanness, I believe ...Thistle, to be fair to His Pollanness, I believe he was buying Froot Loops for his notoriously picky eater son- I'm not sure anything makes you compromise your food ideals like an obstinate child. ;)<br /><br />Michael, there is more to Indian food than curry! Why not take them to a nice dosa next time?<br /><br />Rosa, it IS personal ... you can argue about it, but I think arguing food is really tantamount to arguing politics or religion.<br /><br />E, I think you can interpret it that way, but I think that eating vegetables, pure vegetables is probably the only part of that is uncontroversial among all different food lifestyles. I know of no food diet or lifestyle or movement that wouldn't acknowledge the value of eating carrots. But there are plenty that try to cut down on carbs, even whole grain ones (Atkins) or that frown on nuts (McDougall). So I would say "eat vegetables" is probably something that every food religion can get behind (kind of like: Do good.) But once you get past that, it gets more complex and the "good" or "bad"ness of whole grains and nuts starts getting opened for debate. Does that make sense?ruchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-6825994976980327032011-02-11T10:31:30.654-08:002011-02-11T10:31:30.654-08:00I interpreted "mostly plants" to include...I interpreted "mostly plants" to include nuts, grains & legumes - to meaning you don't have to only eat "piles of vegetables".<br /><br />Another aspect of all our food choices (apart from our own health) is the environmental and social implications of these choices. But the question is whether individual choice or political activism is more worthwhile (or even if we have to choose).Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12452842332549541201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-58754046900494681072011-02-11T10:13:21.921-08:002011-02-11T10:13:21.921-08:00Thank you for this! I don't argue with people ...Thank you for this! I don't argue with people about food, because it's so personal, though I've been in my fair share of "which is more sustainable, X or X? conversations.<br /><br />Personally, I have good genetics for cholesterol. My grandma ate a lot of chicken schmaltz on white bread and never saw garlic til she was a grownup. So much as I like Pollan, I pretty much ignore the Pollanites.Rosanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-52345573092485529632011-02-11T10:04:36.989-08:002011-02-11T10:04:36.989-08:00I don't much care for vegan food but it'll...I don't much care for vegan food but it'll keep you skinny and healthy which makes it so you can buy nice clothes. The thing that irritates me is that I've friends that don't have restricted diets but we always end up going to these curry restaurants because that's all they seem to ever want to eat. I'm getting so burnt out on Indian food.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-37318770509301760302011-02-11T06:44:51.593-08:002011-02-11T06:44:51.593-08:00Very well put! I, myself, am a Pollanite (although...Very well put! I, myself, am a Pollanite (although I probably eat less meat than he does... and definitely wouldn't get caught buying Froot Loops at the grocery store like he did) and do have some issue with the vegan eating regime only because I've met amazing meat, egg and dairy farmers who treat their animals well and use their poop as fertilizer and all that jazz and would support using one of those eggs instead of some GMO soy to make a cookie moist.<br /><br />ANYWAY -- more people (including myself) could stand to learn from this post; we should all be doing our best to promote healthy living, but not just OUR OWN way of healthy living, whatever that may be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com