Snake Super Health Podcast EPISODE 4: SNAP cuts, beef prices, veganism and America

Howdy everyone: FOURTH episode of Snake Super Health pod with hosts Sami Reiss and Josh Feola. Today’s episode focuses on beef. Is it over? The pod is a discussion for people interested in severe alleyways of health—nutrition, red light, lifting, musculature, face yoga, foot yoga, no other types of yoga—who are otherwise normal. Listen here or on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.Episode 4:SNAP cuts and beefMore in depth: we chat about SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) cuts during the government shutdown and the discussion around that— runaway beef prices, and whether beef is over for low-income individuals. Might beef actually be a health food? Might this be… lost in the nutrition discussion? Is there anything to be done about factory farming, besides going vegan (for the animals)? Show notes:00:01: Intro0:30: What is “nutritious food”? 1:30: Is beef nutritious? Is it the healthiest cheap food? 2:00: The Financial Times’ story on the price of beef. How this inflation affects low-income families. 4:00: Robb Wolf’s book, Sacred Cow makes a case for beef as a health food. 7:00: Is grass-fed/finished beef healthier than Key Foods slop? Why might either be healthy?? 9:00: The carnivore/hippie toxicity argument overlap. 10:00: Explaining the media’s skepticism on beef—climate change, politics, labor, proximity bias.12:00: Factory farming vs. regenerative farming; the moral drift towards veganism (cue Day of Suffering).14:00: What people think SNAP diets are; how food is discussed16:00: Animal based on a budget: Low-key not dumb? 18:00: Muscle meat vs. organ meats; Are we defining beef incorrectly? 20:00: The human impact of higher beef prices.22:00: Can beef be scaled out humanely? 25:00: Baroque, post-American ways of eating r*d m**t: closer to Hong Kong than Iowa. 27:00: Josh’s One For The Road: Dr. Howard Luks on rotational movement.31:00: Sami’s One For The Road: Are run clubs… swag? Reading list:* Robb Wolf and Diana Rodgers’ 2020 book, Sacred Cow.* Financial Times’ long reported story on rising price of beef. (paywall) * Ct. state senator living on SNAP diet budget (Hartford Courant)* Eating animal based on a budget (Paul Saladino)* Dr. Howard Luks MD on Substack: Why you need to train rotation* NY Times story (2019) on red meat’s health risk vs. carbon footprint.* Literary Sport’s Art Run run club* Day of Suffering discogs pageThanks for listening. More to come.SAMI REISS Consider a paid subscription if you like the podcast and newsletter. Get full access to SNAKE SUPER HEALTH at superhealth.substack.com/subscribe