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There needs to be a movement encouraging removal of colonial-era influences on diet. I just came across this article:
www.researchgate.net/publication/273916722_Diet_environmental_factors_and_increasing_incidence_of_colorectal_cancer_in_NigeriaEconomic development is an important environmental influence and is related to changes in dietary preferences that result from increased affluence.[3] Ordinarily, the native Nigerian diet consists of a bolus-type high fiber meal, with a vegetable-based stew assisting its swallowing. With globalization and adoption of Western diets, fewer native Nigerians still partake of their native diets
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The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Status Report on Alcohol reveals that alcohol consumption in Nigeria has been rising steadily over the last 35 years with a information significant steep rise in the last 15 years (1994/1995 to present levels).[66] One may assume that part of the increase in CRC cases may be ascribed to this. However, it should be stated that the astronomical rise in total alcohol consumption in Nigeria from 1994 onwards was due mainly to an increase in wine consumption (which is a “big” man’s drink).
It also includes this map which I have not previously seen, examining beef consumption specifically:
We were discussing in the other topic how to get people who cannot manage full veganism to nevertheless reduce their animal product consumption; if only colonized populations could just revert to their pre-colonial diet, that alone would dramatically reduce the problem. Many non-Western civilizations had beef taboos prior to the colonial era, for example:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_in_religion_and_mythology
According to Harris, the literature relating to cow veneration became common in 1st millennium CE, and by about 1000 CE vegetarianism, along with a taboo against beef, became a well accepted mainstream Hindu tradition.[5] ... According to Ludwig Alsdorf, "Indian vegetarianism is unequivocally based on ahimsa (non-violence)" as evidenced by ancient smritis and other ancient texts of Hinduism. He adds that the endearment and respect for cattle in Hinduism is more than a commitment to vegetarianism and has become integral to its theology.[15]
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The term geush urva means "the spirit of the cow" and is interpreted as the soul of the earth. In the Ahunavaiti Gatha, Zarathustra (or Zoroaster) accuses some of his co-religionists of abusing the cow.[42] Ahura Mazda tells Zarathustra to protect the cow.[42]
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A beef taboo in Ancient China, known as niú jiè (牛戒), was historically a dietary restriction, particularly among the Han Chinese, as oxen and buffalo (bovines) are useful in farming and are respected.[76] During the Zhou Dynasty, they were not often eaten, even by emperors.[77] Some emperors banned killing cows.[78][79] Beef is not recommended in Chinese medicine, as it is considered a hot food and is thought to disrupt the body's internal balance.[80]
In written sources (including anecdotes and Daoist liturgical texts), this taboo first appeared in the 9th to 12th centuries (Tang-Song transition, with the advent of pork meat.[81]) By the 16th to 17th centuries, the beef taboo had become well accepted in the framework of Chinese morality and was found in morality books (善書), with several books dedicated exclusively to this taboo.[81]
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Historically, there was a beef taboo in Ancient Japan, as a means of protecting the livestock population and due to Buddhist influence.[84] Meat-eating had long been taboo in Japan, beginning with a decree in 675 that banned the consumption of cattle, horses, dogs, monkeys, and chickens, influenced by the Buddhist prohibition of killing.[85] In 1612, the shōgun declared a decree that specifically banned the killing of cattle.[85]
And then guess what happened:
This official prohibition was in place until 1872, when it was officially proclaimed that Emperor Meiji consumed beef and mutton, which transformed the country's dietary considerations as a means of modernizing the country, particularly with regard to consumption of beef.[85] With contact from Europeans, beef increasingly became popular, even though it had previously been considered barbaric.[84]
Yep:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_slaughter_in_India#British_Raj
With the advent of British rule in India, eating beef along with drinking whiskey, in English-language colleges in Bengal, became a method of fitting in into the British culture. Some Hindus, in the 1830s, consumed beef to show how they "derided irrational Hindu customs", according to Metcalf and Metcalf.[110]
and so on.
WESTERN CIVILIZATION MUST DIE.
For reference:
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https://www.onegreenplanet.org/natural-health/10-plant-based-high-protein-recipes-to-help-build-and-strengthen-musclesBuild muscle? Extra muscle mass costs extra food energy to merely sustain, therefore is wasteful and contrary to the frugality that we are trying to promote. I consider the present-day bulking obsession to be a symptom of excessive affluence. And as usual it was Westerners who started it:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Sandow
Eugen Sandow (German pronunciation: [ˌɔʏ̯ɡeːn ˈzandoː]; born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller; 2 April 1867 – 14 October 1925) was a pioneering German bodybuilder, now known as the "father of modern bodybuilding".
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Sandow was born to a Jewish family in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad), on 2 April 1867.
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http://anodeforthecamotetruck.blogspot.com/p/the-sweet-potato-cart-seems-timeless.htmlhttp://anodeforthecamotetruck.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_1926.htmlhttp://anodeforthecamotetruck.blogspot.com/p/general-information.htmlThe photos of the potato carts convey the urban aesthetics that I aspire towards better than I could ever describe in words.
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While I have had some success over the years discouraging milk consumption for purely ethical reasons (which are of course the best reasons to refrain), among those who are not amenable to vegan persuasion, I have nevertheless sometimes succeeded in at least convincing them to give up on adding milk to tea/coffee for the sake of decolonization, since it was the lactose-tolerant Western colonialists:
who came up with the habit of adulterating (Turanizing?) our drinks with milk:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tea
The East India Company brought back many products, of which tea was just one, but proved one of the most successful.[48] It was initially promoted as a medicinal beverage or tonic[48] but by the end of the seventeenth century was taken as an all-purpose drink, albeit mainly by the elite, as it was still expensive.[48] Tea was not traded in significant amounts until the 18th century. By 1700 tea was being sold by grocers and tea shops in London, the latter frequented by women as well as men.[50] By the 1720s black tea overtook green tea in popularity as the price dropped, and early on British drinkers began adding sugar and milk to tea, a practice that was not done in China.[48]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_coffee
The first coffeehouse in Austria opened in Vienna in 1683 after the Battle of Vienna, by using supplies from the spoils obtained after defeating the Turks. The officer who received the coffee beans, Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki, a Polish military officer of Ukrainian origin, opened the coffee house and helped popularize the custom of adding sugar and milk to the coffee.
Purely from a taste perspective, I never understood the appeal of adding milk, which just covers up the taste of the plant itself. And then I found this:
academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/28/2/219/2887513
Addition of milk prevents vascular protective effects of tea
www.nutritionmyths.com/coffee-with-milk-is-it-bad-for-you/The only result of adding milk to coffee is that the absorption of an antioxidant called chlorogenic acid available in coffee may be reduced by 23%.
Is anyone honestly surprised? And it took researchers this long to confirm what my tongue knew in an instant. Heck, even my eyes can tell which is better! Before Westernization:
After Westernization:
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www.businessinsider.com/red-meat-could-be-taxed-to-help-curb-climate-change-2019-8It comes hot on the heels of a UN report which found that the human food system accounts for 37% of all greenhouse-gas emissions.
The production of meat - and especially red meat - is responsible for much of that. A 2011 study found that lamb, followed by beef, are by far the worst offenders.
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If taxes were as successful at constraining the global appetite for meat, the reduction in carbon emissions could be enormous.
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A recent study found that if the United States went meatless, it would be the equivalent of taking 60 million cars off the roads.
However, Fitch tipped cold water on that idea. It stated that it was "highly unlikely" that meat-lovers in the US and Brazil would use taxes to banish meat from menus.
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Anti-dairy ally (ignore the idiot presenter, just go straight to the main speaker):
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There is more beauty in one corn cart than in all of Western civilization.
Speaking of which, no one ate corn with butter prior to the colonial era. The Western colonialists just had to add dairy to everything they came across (tea already covered above).....
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Our enemies report for us:
dailystormer.name/im-thankful-for-you-reader/
So with the slam dunk by Squanto what with the Wampanoag, and what with the pilgrims learning to plant corn, they had a big feast, thanking God for providing them good fortune, good relations with these backward savages and their starchy carbohydrates.
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If this doesn't make you want to puke, you are a westerner:
The Turanian blood signature is heavy.
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During the Counterculture era there was a common understanding about steak tartare:
Indeed, the above sketch makes fun of Western dining in general. Those were the days! Unfortunately, since the Counterculture era ended, Western dining rapidly recovered its prestige (especially in formerly colonized countries), despite still being as ludicrous as it has always been:
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As an addendum to the previous post, I felt encouraged a few years ago when I saw ordinary Americans mocking Trump for eating KFC with a knife and fork:
people.com/celebrity/donald-trump-eats-kfc-with-a-fork-and-knife-best-twitter-responses/
This highlights that America has successfully diverged in dining style from Western civilization to the extent that it looks odd to see an American dish* being eaten Western-style. If you think about it, many mainstream dishes of modern American origin (burgers, subs, hot dogs, burritos, tacos, etc.) are all in effect variations of the pre-colonial (Pueblo) dining style of wrapping a filling in dough (originally a corn tortilla, which dates back to the Neolithic era) which can then be conveniently held by hand, eliminating the need for additional eating utensils. Imported dishes popularized by American culture (pizzas, fries, etc.) also fit comfortably into this utensil-free dining style. This is something that Americans should take pride in.
(* Of course I do not endorse the main ingredient of KFC! I am purely focusing on dining style here, not on ingredients.)
I am not the only person who has noticed this:
Note how the US is depicted as being in a war between American and Western dining styles.
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No kidding. When I was 7 and was going to school in a non-Western country, suddenly one day the teacher said we would be doing a “table manners” exercise, where we would learn to eat using “table manners” by incorporating all the elements of Western dining into our lunch, replete with Western eating utensils and table setup. As a 7 year old boy, it was very difficult me to do this, as I was used to eating only with a spoon, but also particularly difficult for me to “set the table” by placing the various components (utensils, napkin, etc.) in their correct spots. I ended up toppling my tiffin box which spilt my food onto the floor, in effect wasting my lunch that day. The experience was so traumatizing that the very phrase “table manners” invokes this trauma and reminds me of that nightmarish experience.
This is why reading this phrase from the main site for the first time:
aryanism.net/culture/aesthetics/food/
The more emphasis a culture places on “table manners”, the more degenerate it is.
immediately resonated with me and basically healed my trauma