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<blockquote data-quote="Australia Sucks" data-source="post: 1293652" data-attributes="member: 11806"><p>The main problem I see these days with plant foods is that humans are not consuming them in the traditional manner. Traditional recipes passed down over hundreds of years are often prepared in specific ways to optimize nutrition. My grandma whenever she would eat almonds she would soak them in a bowl of water overnight and peel the skin. Long before anybody knew anything about "activated" nuts. Any food she cooked (soups, stews etc with beans or lentils) were generally made with the beans being rinsed in water multiple times and then left in a bowl of water overnight (which we now know helps reduce phytic acid, etc). Soups often had fresh stock made from chicken or meat bones, etc. </p><p></p><p>She always made rice from Jasmine rice (been found to better than brown rice or other forms of rice). The rice was washed multiple times to wash off the starch and then soaked in water before being cooked slowly. Also food combinations are important kebabs served with rice often have sumac and saffron on the rice and the side dish is often a small plate of fresh herbs and cucumber yoghurt. The sumac and saffron have been shown to aid in food digestion, and I am sure the fresh mint had a purpose as well.</p><p></p><p>Traditional bread was always left at least 24 hours for the yeast to die off. </p><p></p><p>The problem with modern diets is people just make recipes up and eat whatever food they like in any old haphazard manner. In traditional cuisines food preparation and food combinations are absolutely crucial. That is where I suspect a lot of problems come from. Plant based foods are trickier to eat and can be prone to causing more problems. Traditional societies had methods of minimizing the negative effects (portion sizes, food combinations, frequency of different foods being consumed, preparation methods, etc). Modern diets do not hence the plethora of health problems that can be caused by eating plant matter in this day and age (aside from the other issues of declining mineral density/richness of soil, GMO, pesticides, etc). I agree with a carnivore diet there is less need to be careful.</p><p></p><p>I am interested to hear your thoughts Simeon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Australia Sucks, post: 1293652, member: 11806"] The main problem I see these days with plant foods is that humans are not consuming them in the traditional manner. Traditional recipes passed down over hundreds of years are often prepared in specific ways to optimize nutrition. My grandma whenever she would eat almonds she would soak them in a bowl of water overnight and peel the skin. Long before anybody knew anything about "activated" nuts. Any food she cooked (soups, stews etc with beans or lentils) were generally made with the beans being rinsed in water multiple times and then left in a bowl of water overnight (which we now know helps reduce phytic acid, etc). Soups often had fresh stock made from chicken or meat bones, etc. She always made rice from Jasmine rice (been found to better than brown rice or other forms of rice). The rice was washed multiple times to wash off the starch and then soaked in water before being cooked slowly. Also food combinations are important kebabs served with rice often have sumac and saffron on the rice and the side dish is often a small plate of fresh herbs and cucumber yoghurt. The sumac and saffron have been shown to aid in food digestion, and I am sure the fresh mint had a purpose as well. Traditional bread was always left at least 24 hours for the yeast to die off. The problem with modern diets is people just make recipes up and eat whatever food they like in any old haphazard manner. In traditional cuisines food preparation and food combinations are absolutely crucial. That is where I suspect a lot of problems come from. Plant based foods are trickier to eat and can be prone to causing more problems. Traditional societies had methods of minimizing the negative effects (portion sizes, food combinations, frequency of different foods being consumed, preparation methods, etc). Modern diets do not hence the plethora of health problems that can be caused by eating plant matter in this day and age (aside from the other issues of declining mineral density/richness of soil, GMO, pesticides, etc). I agree with a carnivore diet there is less need to be careful. I am interested to hear your thoughts Simeon. [/QUOTE]
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