The rules for feeding a Homo sapiens

An episode of the Remembering I'm an Animal podcast, hosted by Billy Baker and Jody Simoes, titled "The rules for feeding a Homo sapiens" was published on June 11, 2022 and runs 106 minutes.

June 11, 2022 ·106m · Remembering I'm an Animal

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Summary

You ever try to feed a dog something they're not "supposed" to eat? People lose their shit. Yet we feed the same crap to ourselves and our children without a second thought. At the same time, the question of what we should be eating is so clouded with pseudoscience and fad diets that it's impossible to know who is right. Or if there is such a thing as the "right" diet for humans. Here on the little show, we lean toward ancestral, species-appropriate behaviors, but in a modern world. Its a blend, and nowhere is that blend tougher to maintain than with what we eat. So today, the boys pick through Michael Pollan's painfully practical "food rules," which are simple, time-tested (which we love) ideas about how to eat, and how to avoid stressing too much about what you eat.Also on the show, Jody details the emotions of his roller-coaster ride since finding out he's going to walk the Greasy Pole at the St. Peter's Fiesta; the launch of the "shirtless solstice" movement; and Billy explains what it's like to have an attractive woman give you a colonic.

Episode Description

You ever try to feed a dog something they're not "supposed" to eat? People lose their shit. Yet we feed the same crap to ourselves and our children without a second thought.

At the same time, the question of what we should be eating is so clouded with pseudoscience and fad diets that it's impossible to know who is right. Or if there is such a thing as the "right" diet for humans.

Here on the little show, we lean toward ancestral, species-appropriate behaviors, but in a modern world. Its a blend, and nowhere is that blend tougher to maintain than with what we eat.

So today, the boys pick through Michael Pollan's painfully practical "food rules," which are simple, time-tested (which we love) ideas about how to eat, and how to avoid stressing too much about what you eat.

Also on the show, Jody details the emotions of his roller-coaster ride since finding out he's going to walk the Greasy Pole at the St. Peter's Fiesta; the launch of the "shirtless solstice" movement; and Billy explains what it's like to have an attractive woman give you a colonic.