Meat Eating v Plant-Based (video, balanced spiritual take in my opinion)

[schubert]

For myself, I admit I am not entirely convinced that there is any singular diet which is the end-all "best" diet for humans. From what it seems to me, human bodies vary immensely in their construction and needs. I think that in general most people would be perfectly fine on a plant-based diet, but not everyone.

For example, my fiance was raised in a vegan/vegetarian household, and she has issues with iron deficiency and can become anemic. They tried many different supplements which weren't effective, and due to her wide array of allergies many of the typical plant-based alternatives are not options. However, when she eats meat, she is able to maintain her iron levels and doesn't become anemic. This is actually very difficult for her because she is incredibly dedicated to animals and is very conscientious of their suffering. Sometimes, it's not as simple of a choice for different people. One of my friends' father actually can't eat plants at all because of a surgery procedure which affected his intestines, he can only process meat. I think it is a tricky topic to make vast generalizations about, as I think is the case for anything regarding health, personally.

I feel like it goes without saying the cruelty that exists through factory farming, it is pretty plain to see there is nothing natural about it. I live in a place where there are a lot of hippies and people who try to live off the land. Plenty of foragers and hunters.

What I think we need is to "go back" to the creation of food forests. When Europeans first came to the "new world" they were amazed to find long trails and areas which were lined with berries and other foods. These had been crafted over hundreds of years by the many indigenous peoples. The real question is, why have we put food in a box? Food can be grown in so many places, it should be lining the streets and collected for communities by communities. We have to stop putting nature "out there" and let it in to the cities so that it can nourish us.

i don't think there are issues with people's bodies having different constructions or needs, but rather individual issues with getting essential nutrients that haven't been worked out. i'm coming to believe that on the physical level, we're not all that different and can all thrive on a high vibe diet of fruits and vegetables, if we desire to and when it's done correctly (just like an omnivore diet has to be done correctly to be healthy, which it usually isn't, just look at the stat that 133 million americans have chronic illness and how common heart disease is). we're all the same species after all.

there's also the whole energetic side of things. eating higher vibrational foods like fruits and vegetables raises your overall frequency and you have to be willing to release what's incompatible. i think this is big factor that doesn't get talked about much for why many people are disinterested in veganism. a diet high in plants will bring in more high frequency which will bring to the surface lower frequencies someone's holding onto (buried emotions, low vibrational beliefs/thoughts). article on measuring frequency of food: https://quantumhealthconsulting.com/huma...nd-fields/

medical medium has mentioned that many iron supplements don't work and recommends plant-based ones. i'll also quickly throw out there that medical medium is not anti-meat. conventional science/doctors usually don't have answers for chronic illness, and given the dark groups who have been at the top i believe that's by design. if you look at the lack of progress that science has made in addressing the epidemic of chronic illness while continuing to put out bogus studies about how coffee, chocolate, and matcha are good for you, it's ridiculous. medical medium is way ahead and brings real healing info because he gets his info from a higher dimensional being. interestingly enough, magenta pixie from the video i linked said that the beings she's in communication with confirmed that medical medium info is accurate. a while ago when i was transitioning my diet, i had energy issues and was almost certainly iron deficient but right now my energy levels are better than ever. i use a little bit of dulse (seaweed) in the heavy metal detox smoothie i have each day (dulse also provides iodine), and have potatoes (the skin is high in iron), spinach and/or kale almost every day. these are all high in iron. another point is that it's good to take things slow when transitioning to eating more fruits/greens because it takes time for the body to get used to digesting these foods. the more you eat them, the more your gut microbiome builds/adapts to be able to properly digest them. if we were raised on these foods then this wouldn't be an issue.

food allergy tests are a sham. it's a shame because they will tell people not to eat the foods they ought to eat to heal. unless someone actually has anaphylactic shock after eating a food, they are likely fine to eat it. sometimes people eat fruits/veggies and the reaction they have is actually a detox symptom because that food is going in and detoxing the mess created by foods that feed viruses like eggs, dairy, gluten, etc. the misinformation of allergy tests could potentially be holding back your fiance from taking a plant-based iron supplement that would solve her iron issues! please note i'm not trying to diagnose anything in this comment, i'm trying to provide clarity about these issues as best i understand.

"Perhaps you’ve been told you’re allergic to certain fruits or vegetables, like celery or apples, but you’ve never noticed any reactions. Or perhaps you haven’t been told you’re allergic to a particular fruit or vegetable, but after you eat it, you experience symptoms like bloating, stomachache, headache, fatigue, itchiness, or burning sensations. There are many tests available that claim to show if you’re allergic to certain foods. Unfortunately, these tests aren’t always accurate, and they often provide people with misinformation that can lead to confusion and frustration." https://www.medicalmedium.com/blog/heali...-allergies

i think these issues of gut microbiome/other digestive issues leading to malabsorption, the energetic/spiritual component, and issues with getting essential nutrients (sourcing them in forms that are absorbable) leads to the belief that people have different needs and that some diets don't work for people, when really it's a lack of understanding.

i obviously don't know anything about your friend's father's surgery and condition, but i question the doctor's recommendation that he can't eat plants at all because that's obviously going to lead to deficiencies and shoot, probably a heart attack. this article would potentially be able to provide him real guidance as these illnesses involve instestinal lining damage/sensitivity: https://www.medicalmedium.com/blog/crohns-colitis-ibs. when people eat leafy greens and experience stomach pain, it's actually the leafy greens sweeping through the instestinal and knocking loose/clearing out old food matter. so it's not the plants causing the issue but rather the toxic environment being cleaned up. eating foods high in fat such as meat can end up feeding viruses that create more inflammation and sensitivity.

on a brighter note, what you said about food forests is really awesome! i think people getting more in touch with nature and growing more of their own food is the future. community gardens come to mind. this system we have where the many rely on the few to mass produce their food is unstable.