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Re:The role of meat in the human diet: evolutionary aspects ... by Dalewyn on Thursday May 11, 2023 @06:08AM (#35900091)
We eat to live, but to live we must be happy. Eating what would make us unhappy is therefore contradictory to the purpose of eating. Eating must bring joy to life.

Therefore, we should eat what makes us happy, which is to say what we want.

The only counterargument here is to prioritize your body's immediate health needs, because not doing so (eg: not listening to doctor's orders) is to forfeit life which is contradictory to the purpose of eating.

So eat what you want, within the bounds of what your health allows.

Re:The role of meat in the human diet: evolutionary aspects ... by rhn_mk1 on Thursday May 11, 2023 @09:29AM (#35901719)
This makes sense, but "prioritize not eating what you don't want" is, in a subtle but important way, a different piece of advice than "prioritize eating what you want". The first leads to moderation, the other to gluttony. I oppose the latter formulation.