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"...you know, for thousands of years, I guarantee you, we didn't have anyone with heart disease. We didn't have anyone with diabetes. We didn't have anyone dealing with cancer. Because we lived such a healthy lifestyle."
NOPE. That's such an awful thing to believe.
— Nov 05, 2021 10:50AM
NOPE. That's such an awful thing to believe.
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There's a small section written by a friend of Chef Shane Chartrand who is a white Canadian chef. It is some super pretentious stuff. It's the kind of weird elitism that you find in fine dining that is a real turnoff for most people.
— Nov 05, 2021 12:15PM
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Nov 05, 2021 11:11AM
This seems to be a prevalent belief currently. That's why I was surprised when the picture book Fry Bread came out recently, there's been massive push back against it and its cultural association.
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It is one thing to feel conflicted or even angry about the creation of fry bread/bannock. It is another to channel those feelings into ableist bias or anti-fat bias like this cookbook and the Sioux Chef's cookbook. I'm not trying to say that the survivalist foods that came from the ravages of colonization were filled with a variety of nutrients. It's the lack of intersectionality that bothers me.
This author, Shane Chartrand, is also convinced that Indigenous people wouldn't have diabetes if they ate the way their ancestors did. That's just simply not how bodies work. Your genetics are the greatest predictor of health, weight, and disease. Eating lots of veggies and exercising will do great things for your health, but it won't prevent your genetics from existing.
I wish there was a way to like your comments in Goodreads. Well stated.
