[hammock]

>"eat what your grand-grand parents ate"

Not possible, unfortunately. Meat and vegetables are so totally different now. For example meats are raised on GM corn and antibiotics, altering their balance of omega 3's, impact on gut health, and other things. While today's vegetables are massively decremented in micronutrients- and may have less arsenic-based pesticide residue than your greatgrandparents', but more of other pesticides.

[metamet]

They still exist. Eat locally from farmers. All my beef is grass fed (which have higher omega 3's), for example.

And if you can't because of where you live, there's a good chance neither could your grandparents had if they lived there as well.

[leshow]

Or you could take an omega-3 supplement and eat normal beef. There isn't much evidence to show that grass-fed beef has any measurable effect on health.

[cabinguy]

There isn't much evidence to show that supplements do either.

[deeth_starr_v]

Agreed, research here is that supplements don't have an impact.

Edit: For pregnant women and others for sure. But in the general population no

[iopq]

Well, fish oil does have SOME evidence behind it.

[lambdadmitry]

However, there is strong evidence that any type of beef may cause cancer.

[metamet]

I am pretty sure this isn't true.

The advanced glycation end products from overcooked/burnt meat have been shown to, but not meat itself.

[theoh]

Better to eat how your great grandparents would have eaten if they lived somewhere notorious for long, healthy lives.

There's such a gap between Soylent and something like Wendell Berry's ideas:

https://www.ecoliteracy.org/article/wendell-berry-pleasures-...

People do mention that in relation to Soylent, encouragingly (whether it's altogether right or not). Historical perspective is very important.

[leshow]

Do you have any evidence? I'd love to see a comparison of nutrients in produce over the decades.

[Scottn1]

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/soil-depletion-an...

[briandear]

Any peer reviewed, legitimate studies that suggest GM corn causes problems with beef? It's popular to critique GM, but it often seems like a knee-jerk reaction rather than based on actual scientific studies. And by studies, I don't mean an article in Mother Jones, but actual science.

[SimbaOnSteroids]

I mean it tastes better but that's not peer reviewable, the major issue currently is that the microbiom of a cow's digestive track really can't handle corn that well and as a result methane output of the live stock skyrockets contributing more drastically to anthropomorphic climate change.

[paulcole]

yeah, the apples of today are so different from my grandpa's apple that a bottle of soy sludge is a much better choice nutritionally.

[jboggan]

Learn to hunt. Its rewards go beyond better personal nutrition.

[Lambdanaut]

> Not possible, unfortunately

My wife raises our livestock and garden while I work. Yesterday I had a sandwich and I know where every ingredient came from(our yard). Look, it's not impossible. It just requires you to look outside of your modern context.

[vkou]

You grow, thresh, and mill your own grain? That must be a lot of work.