Comments on: Sugary coating

By: IceClass

IceClass — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:41:03 +0000

…and it’s about time someone stopped quoting Inuit diets.
For starters their diet is a lot more varied than people give them credit for and while every western yuppee worth his organic sea salt is waxing lyrical about low food miles and locavore supported farmer’s markets, the Inuit have been doing their best to stave off diabetes and keep their localised food production methods alive. That is if uppity Euros would get off their high horse and stop fucking up the hunting economy with their “ethics”.
First they unnecessarily went after fur trapping (great ads from a sheepskin wearing David Bailey), then Brian Davies and his IFAW stomped on sealing pulling the bottom out of the arctic economy in the early 80’s.(That’s before good old Brian buggered off to a Caribbean retirement with a fistful of “compassion loot”. Now the same bastards are intent on finishing the job (despite the billion dollar manufactured astro-turf demonization campaign, people were still willing to shell out decent cash for a good natural pelt) with a total ban on any seal products in the EU. That and the Independent has decided to demonize Polar Bear hunting and push for an unannounced ban on Polar Bear trophies being imported into the EU.
The result of all this ethical concern on a people who live in isolated communities with no roads, no agriculture and ridiculous grocery prices for mostly sugary processed crap that travels easily, is poverty and diabetes.
We Europeans should be so proud!

…and please don’t bother with any indignant anti-hunting hand wringing, Inuit ethics are just as valid as ours and they seem to be doing a much better job of conserving their wildlife than we are.

By: IceClass

IceClass — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:14:55 +0000

I used to like sugar sandwiches too.
Glad to hear I’m not the only one who had such a disgusting habit.

By: Francis Sedgemore

Francis Sedgemore — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:11:28 +0000

Jim – It’s called environmental adaptation. And you’re right about fats and amino acids; the question is how organisms adapt to make use of and metabolise available food resources to produce what they need at a cellular level.

Boyo – Nothing surprises me about that godforsaken corner of Gogledd Cymru.

Gadj – Butter? You can expect a letter shortly from HMG banning you from entering the UK, on the grounds that your presence would not be conducive to the public good.

By: Gadjo Dilo

Gadjo Dilo — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:16:25 +0000

Sugar sandwiches are nice, especially if the bread’s malted granary and you use real butter, thus refuting this “sugar-fat seesaw” argument.

By: No Good Boyo

No Good Boyo — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:34:45 +0000

“People rarely eat sugar on its own.”

In Dolgellau that ought to be “People rarely eat sugar on their own.” There’s hardly a dry-stone wall without a couple of old ladies perched on top with their beaks in a pack of Tate & Lyle.

By: Jim Monk

Jim Monk — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:01:05 +0000

Why are carbohydrates necessary at all? Traditional Inuit did quite well subsisting on caribou and salmon.

I’m under the impression there aren’t any essential carbs, just fats and amino acids (and coffee.) Which isn’t to say veggies and wine can’t make for a delicious alternative.