Sorry for the lack of updates recently. No, I’m just kidding, I’m not. I just think it’s funny when people say that. That’s the big benefit of not being concerned about web-traffic or anything like that, you can post when you feel like it. That being said, I have a number of posts to make in the coming weeks. So put on your blog trunks, because there’s going to be a tidal wave. What?

QDW stands for Questionable Diet Wisdom and it’s where I make fun of something I’ve read in the diet literature for being nonsense. I recently read Food Rules by Michael Pollan, or as I like to call it, “Wait, So You’re Saying I Shouldn’t Be Eating Twinkies?” Seriously, he deserves an award for being able to say the same thing in so many different ways. The Reiteratey. (That’s what the award would be called. That would be its name. When people referred to the award, that’s what they’d call it.) That being said, it’s a short read and I think there is something to be gained by reading it. There will be some piece of information that resonates with you.

One thing I thought was unintentionally funny that he wrote was, “Humans are one of the very few mammals that obtain calories from liquids after weaning.” This was meant to keep us from drinking juice and soda and things like that. Is anyone swayed by this argument? Or is anyone surprised to hear it? Other mammals don’t get calories from liquids? You don’t say. Wait…I could have sworn I saw some raccoons running a root beer factory on one of my walks recently. Of course animals only drink water once they’re past their mother’s milk stage. What is their other option? A ferret can’t even get the straw in the Capri-Sun bag, much less manufacture the stuff. And really, is that the logic you use to decide if you’re going to do something? Whether you’ve seen other mammals manage it? You know what I’ve never seen? A bear working an oven. I guess I won’t be firing that thing up soon. I’ll just stand in the river biting trout in half. This is the same logic vegans use when they argue against drinking milk. “You know… we’re the only animal that drinks another animals milk.” No shit, that’s because we’re smart and we figured it out. We’re the only animals with a space program too, should we abandon that because the llamas aren’t working on one? Oh, and given the chance, other animals will do it too.

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