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🦬 What happened 200 years ago:
If we rewind the clock 200 years in North America, we'd see...
It's not the cows. However, there is room for improvement with the management of these 90M cows (and the cattle across the globe).
The millions of bison that roamed North America grazed grasses, trampled soil, and moved on. Their numbers kept in check by natural predation. Domesticated cattle need to be managed in a way that mimics nature to prevent overgrazing and damaging soil.
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🌾 Who pays the price:
The modern food system incentivizes the production of quick, convenient, cheap food (" Fiat Food").
But there's no "free lunch" here. Our health and planet pay the price.
Sick is expensive. It's inconvenient. And doesn't come with a quick fix.
While medical and technological advances have helped maintain lifespans in the face of decreasing health spans (i.e. we live until 60 but aren't buried until 80), the 20 sick years come with significant economic and environmental externalities (beyond the individual).
For example, in the span of 1-3 years a dialysis patient will use the equivalent amount of water to what a healthy person consumes in a lifetime. And most kidney failure (and thus need for dialysis) results from diabetes and is 100% preventable via diet/lifestyle.
US Healthcare GHG Emissions: 10%
US Cattle GHG Emissions: 2%
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📆 What's happening during March:
First: I'm going to be talking ad nauseum about fat :)
A typical American diet has 20X more omega-6 fats than hunter-gatherer populations. The solution isn't a handful of fish oil pills to try and balance n-6:n-3 ratio.
Of course, I'll keep you posted with these fat rants here in the Saturday 7, but if you want to follow along elsewhere, I'll be doing daily posts on Twitter and I'm thinking about doing short form videos on YouTube, Instagram, and Tik Tok...(don't hold me to this, but if you'd want it, I'll do it.)
Second: After 6+ months in the making, Meat Health is launching its new, long-over-due, website (thank you Matt Quinn and Aaron Bradshaw!). There will be a lot to explore, like the Meat Market, Phytotoxin Index, and Meat Health Merch, so I'm going to highlight a major section/week during March.
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🌴How to cross a jungle:
I tend to be a lone wolf. The kind of person who can work from home, alone, for days or weeks and be perfectly content. I like to work out alone. Happy to eat alone. Read, write, create, and build alone.
But it's this last one, "build alone" that I knew needed to change for Meat Health to have the impact that I know it can.
You want to surround yourself with the best people. Ones to fight off predators, ones to hack down the brush, ones to navigate the path and stay on track, and most importantly, ones that cover your blind spots with unique abilities and knowledge and at the same time can all work together as a cohesive whole.
Over the last year, my lone wolf days have diminished, and wolf pack days increased. While I think it's important to have lone wolf days for deep work, I've found my wolf pack days – chatting with the Meat Health Coaches, strategizing with the team, and building together – to be the most fun.
As Dalio mentions in the video: you set out to cross the jungle, but amid the journey you realize the best part is fighting together towards a common destination.
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🧠 What quote I've been thinking about:
"It is not the amount of knowledge that makes a brain. It is not even the distribution of knowledge. It is the interconnectedness."
– Howard Bloom
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🎙️How to host a genius billionaire:
A side note I took from this interview: sometimes being a great host means just listening. I appreciated how Bet-David, a big talker, stayed quiet and just let Saylor speak.
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🎂 Who turned 4:
Today is the 4-year anniversary of the Saturday 7. Over the last 4 years, 208 issues have gone out, nearly 10 million emails (no wonder I land in most people's spam folder!).
I was looking back at some of the early issues – cringing – amazed and grateful for those who have stuck with me through those dark times 😂 Now, 1000+ hours of writing later, I still have weekly grammar / spelling mistakes, but hopefully it's a bit less cringy.
Thank you for coming along on the journey! I feel like we are just getting started.
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As always, it's an absolute pleasure and an honor getting to spend some time with you, hope you have a great weekend!
Kevin
A Saturday morning roundup on health and wealth, art and science, creativity and innovation, laughs and life by Kevin Stock. |
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