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<blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 2221178" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>I shall be giving up almonds since their cultivation is harming the planet and killing the bees, I am giving up avacadoes because they demand too much water, and need energy intensive transportation so I can enjoy them all year round on my dining table. I will be reducing my consumption of tomatoes and cucumber out of season for the same reason.</p><p></p><p>I have already given up Christmas trinkets, crackers and toys, since these are mass produced in China, and as we are seeng with Covid-19, there is going to be famine of such things this coming Xmas, I do not need any of them.</p><p></p><p>I have already given up soy products, since they make me sick. I have seriously reduced my wheat and grain intake because it too makes me sick. I am allergic to monosodium glutamate and other starches which I have had to remove from my diet. Eating chickpeas put me in hospital with a suspected heart attack, so I cannot eat those either.</p><p></p><p>So what else am I giving up to save this planet.</p><p>Chestnuts sitting by an open fire.</p><p>Toasted muffins and crumpets on a fork beside an open fire</p><p>toasted marshmallow on a skewer beside an open fire</p><p>An open fire , courtesy of the UK gov banning coal and wood sales in open fires.</p><p></p><p>The proposed diet changes we discussed earlier in the thread will mean I give up my oral diabetic meds, but will need to take up injecting insulin via disposable pens which will not save the planet, I am afraid, but may be needed to save me. Not much option in that it seems.</p><p></p><p>I have no intention of reducing the amount of CO2 I exhale but that day will come some day. Presumably by then there will be new regulations regarding cremation and disposal of remains, but that won't be my problem any more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldvatr, post: 2221178, member: 196898"] I shall be giving up almonds since their cultivation is harming the planet and killing the bees, I am giving up avacadoes because they demand too much water, and need energy intensive transportation so I can enjoy them all year round on my dining table. I will be reducing my consumption of tomatoes and cucumber out of season for the same reason. I have already given up Christmas trinkets, crackers and toys, since these are mass produced in China, and as we are seeng with Covid-19, there is going to be famine of such things this coming Xmas, I do not need any of them. I have already given up soy products, since they make me sick. I have seriously reduced my wheat and grain intake because it too makes me sick. I am allergic to monosodium glutamate and other starches which I have had to remove from my diet. Eating chickpeas put me in hospital with a suspected heart attack, so I cannot eat those either. So what else am I giving up to save this planet. Chestnuts sitting by an open fire. Toasted muffins and crumpets on a fork beside an open fire toasted marshmallow on a skewer beside an open fire An open fire , courtesy of the UK gov banning coal and wood sales in open fires. The proposed diet changes we discussed earlier in the thread will mean I give up my oral diabetic meds, but will need to take up injecting insulin via disposable pens which will not save the planet, I am afraid, but may be needed to save me. Not much option in that it seems. I have no intention of reducing the amount of CO2 I exhale but that day will come some day. Presumably by then there will be new regulations regarding cremation and disposal of remains, but that won't be my problem any more. [/QUOTE]
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