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I don't blame them. Food is the mortar between the bricks of society. So if someone questions that it makes a lot of people feel unsecure. It's a completely natural reaction.


Our perception of traditional food is heavily skewed by last 50 years or so.

Our ancestors were not used to so much meat and dairy as we are now. Eating plants was much more common then we think.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNIoKmMq6cs - Anthropologist Debunks the Paleo Diet] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcN7SGGoCNI - DAIRY IS SCARY! The industry explained in 5 minutes]


You are preaching to the choir as I've been eating exclusively plant-based for years. That said if you start eating differently than most people around you, one quickly becomes a social pariah.




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