Thank you for the welcome. I'm very happy to find a place of like minded individuals who by-and-large reject message board drama, at least that's what I observe as a first impression.
Your arguments concerning salubrious living are sane and reasoned, and suggest that you've done a measure of thought on the subject. However, I have found that I am able to eat fairly salubriously on a budget of about $10 a day (I'm pretty poor, even more or less homeless at the moment). I also lift heavy weights nearly daily and find that avocados, nuts, and other foods of this sort meet my protein needs. For me, it was more of a matter of continually educating myself, reading Arnold Devries and Herbert Shelton, practicing food balancing, and continually striving to upgrade my existence that took me from the typical modern diet to where I am today. Not that I don't sometimes fail to stick to it, either, and I would have argued against raw food vegetarianism even a year ago before I set my mind to it.
And it's not to say that I'll fail and change my mind in the coming days. This is merely my opinion now, and I'm going to walk this path as far as it will take me and hopefully be wiser for it. Like you, I'm not fully convinced, but I'm striving in that direction.
Well, I appreciate your comments, they've given me things to think about. Since this has ceased to be an introduction and is more of a thread about salubrious living, I'll cease to elaborate and instead, thank you again for your reply.
Your arguments concerning salubrious living are sane and reasoned, and suggest that you've done a measure of thought on the subject. However, I have found that I am able to eat fairly salubriously on a budget of about $10 a day (I'm pretty poor, even more or less homeless at the moment). I also lift heavy weights nearly daily and find that avocados, nuts, and other foods of this sort meet my protein needs. For me, it was more of a matter of continually educating myself, reading Arnold Devries and Herbert Shelton, practicing food balancing, and continually striving to upgrade my existence that took me from the typical modern diet to where I am today. Not that I don't sometimes fail to stick to it, either, and I would have argued against raw food vegetarianism even a year ago before I set my mind to it.
And it's not to say that I'll fail and change my mind in the coming days. This is merely my opinion now, and I'm going to walk this path as far as it will take me and hopefully be wiser for it. Like you, I'm not fully convinced, but I'm striving in that direction.
Well, I appreciate your comments, they've given me things to think about. Since this has ceased to be an introduction and is more of a thread about salubrious living, I'll cease to elaborate and instead, thank you again for your reply.