Impressions from WD
From: smet
Subject: Nutrition
Date/Time 2006-08-16 21:45:57
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I finally picked a book and read it. Disappointed overall. The idea of cyclical eating is not bad per se. The book, however, is not written well.
I don't know where this idea of animal wisdom coming from, but Hofmekler is not the first to fall into this trap. Lions don't overeat for one reason, because they cannot catch more prey. Ask any ranger from a game reserve in Africa and they will tell you: lions are opportunistic hunters and will kill and eat whatever they can. The do stuff themselves until they cannot move and lie for couple of days without moving. In captivity this instinct just continues, and it's not some "trapped animal instinct" or whatever name it is given in the book.
Most irritating was the marketing "warrior" pitch: warriors did this, warriors did that etc. First, virtually all warrior nations - Romans, Spartans, Assirians for instance - are non-existent, all these empires were destroyed. A warrior eventually dies, usually early in his carreer, just as there are younger and stronger ones coming to the scene. But Wondering Jew - unathletic, unaggressive, unattractive, non-confrontational - is there forever. On the other hand, why would a soldier - ancient or otherwise - be a good example to follow? The productive life of a modern soldier is relatively short, especially those who've been in real war action. A lot die, and a lot of those who survived have a lot of health problems, physical and mental. I wonder what was it like 2000 years ago?!
Overall, the book could be condensed to 50 pages at most.
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