A History of Dieting
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As the indulgence of the Holidays comes to an end and a new year begins, many make resolutions to shed a few pounds. For hundreds of years people have felt pressured to attain the ideal body type of their time. And they’ve come up with some eyebrow-raising, stomach turning and even deadly methods of loosing weight. Let’s explore body ideals through the ages and some of the most unbelievable diets people put themselves through to attain them. DO NOT try any of these historic weight loss methods at home. Spoiler alert, thousands of years of acquired medical knowledge and trying some really weird diets hasn’t found any better weight loss secrets better than eating less and exercising more. And hundreds of years of pressure to attain unrealistic body ideals tell us that we should all try to love the bodies that we are in.
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"Omg you look great!"
"Thanks! I'm dying of tuberculosis."
"Ugh! JEALOUS!"
actually me when I was wasting away from a heart condition I needed surgery for
That reminds me of Tig Notaro's interaction with her nurse when she went in for some checkup during the time she got cancer. The nurse said, "Wow, you got such a flat stomach! What's your secret?," Tig replied in her monotonic voice, "Oh, I'm just dying." 😅
I was anorexic for over 6 years and it’s so crazy to see how throughout history eating disorders have always existed unlike the idea they’re only a recent phenomenon- this was such an interesting video as always! ❣️
Ur lucky! Atleast ur born in this era
Glad you're ok now🙏💕
You are a total badass for recovering!
Glad u recovered
Nothing is just a new thing with humanity
My NY resolution: no more excluding whole food groups, counting calories, over exercising, counting, recording food diaries and exercise logs. Deleted all diet and exercise apps from my phone. Instead: walk someplace pretty, read more, scroll less, get outside -plant a garden, paint my ugly kitchen cabinets and do other home projects, make my bed every day.
thats a good resolution!
Mine is appreciate my health and accept my body exactly as it is.
love this! i’m doing a similar thing but never could have put it into words as well as you did. wishing you the best on your journey this year
That sounds sweet
Well no more extreme calorie counting for me ... i'm just in general dropping any habits I know I can't maintain. I've done good over the last 2.5 yrs going from a hair shy of 300 down to 170 (20-25 more to go). If I hadn't done a good balance of calorie counting & exercising I wouldn't have made it. I wish "intuitive eating" worked for me lol.
Happy 2022!
I never thought about dieting existing in the past... It always seemed so modern, but it makes sense! Thank you for bringing light to this, Lindsay, your videos are always so extremely interesting!
Well yeah
They also sold some products for people that were 'too skinny' to gain some weight in the periods where people were still walking everywhere or doing a lot of physical labor and curvy silhouettes with uses of corsets or girdles were a thing. I don't think that's as much a thing anymore at least for women (though there's stuff guys do to add bulk) now that we have more plastic surgery options.
This is super interesting@@merchantfan
I was a skinny little 5'2" teenager in the 90s. I've got a cousin who's the same age as me, and she used to just despair that I weighed 110 and she didn't, and I kept saying, "Dude, you are *8 inches taller than me.* If you weighed what I do, you'd be dead." Society really drummed in the idea that the number on the scale and the size of your jeans were what mattered, no matter your body type. It was horrible watching girls I knew -- healthy, pretty girls -- hating their very skeletal structure because it meant they had wider hips or rib cages. (Now it's been flipped around, and I get total strangers telling me I'm too skinny.)
I'm not fat, but I do have petite shoulders but a large ribcage. It gives the illusion that I'm fat, but you can feel my ribs.
Aww you shouldn’t have people telling you your too skinny! See I grew up in the 90’s too and I have large boobs, large hips and a large butt, luckily my friend group and the area I lived in was a largely black community and I was actually complimented regularly on my curves rather then put down. But taking one look in a magazine or watching the TV/movies could really pull down my confidence regardless and I did suffer with a form of anorexia when I was 15 (starving myself). Now I am happy with my shape and I exercise 5 times a week and eat very well, I am not super skinny but I am healthy and that’s all I can ask for! As long as you are healthy fuck the haters, if someone tells me I’m “fat” because of my big boobs, hips and butt then I’ll laugh because I’ve probably got a better diet then they have and I’d be able to outrun them anytime 💪🏻 it’s all about accepting who you are and accepting that people come in different shapes and sizes ❤️
Like...on the street? I can't even imagine having the audacity to tell a stranger to their face about their body. I might silently judge other people (I can't help it, I'm just petty by nature, I've tried to stop it because I know shouldn't, but we all have our flaws man), but my opinions are my own problem, not other people's.
@@wareforcoin5780 Sadly, yes. It's usually old women, and usually in the summer, when I wear shorts and tank tops. I think little old ladies sometimes just lose their verbal filters with age. The really irritating thing is that I have IBS, so when I have a flare-up, I often literally can't keep food in my system long enough to get enough nutrients out of it. haha though one older lady asked me what my secret was, and I said, "Chronic diarrhea." (Thankfully my guts have been under control for the last six months. Fingers crossed that they stay that way.)
@@FunSizeSpamberguesa i feel your diarrhea struggles I also have been getting diarrhea weekly for about 1-3 days on end maybe it isn’t chronic for me but I am sure it’s not normal
Since I was always overweight this weight loss did make me happy but my body itself says other wise
I've always felt, if I had to hunt for taco's, I'd be much thinner, I don't even know where taco's graze.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍
bag them in their natural habitat: taco trucks.
@@quester09 great 💡
Riiiight!!
This made me giggle
Hearing about religious women fasting themselves to death gave me the mental image of God in heaven saying “I created all these foods for you to consume, why are you starving yourselves for me???”
exactly! he made food for a reason, to eat.
True
Absolutely. No need for them to starve themselves
What?
As a Christian I agree…gluttony is a sin but deliberately starving when you have access to food is definitely frowned upon…
Well… history is never boring, that’s for sure.
Tell my friends that 🤣
IKR I love history
Yeah, with a good teacher history can be very interesting. That's why Lindsay is awesome. She covers the lives of actual regular people that are relevant and relatable to us, the people whose stories often got ignored in the old boring types of history.
Living your final years eating only egg yolks sounds like the acceptance of the thought that older years were for misery.
My parents gave me the best dieting advice. Mom said to eat a variety of food and have a colorful plate. Dad said to eat real food. I also walk 4 miles first thing in the morning. I’m at a good weight, and I don’t take any medication
Man oh man, I remember the 80’s weird diets so well. Here in Sweden the “air hostess” diet was popular for fast weight loss. You basically starved yourself: breakfast was half an grapefruit and coffee/tea w/o milk and sugar
My grandmother has turned to that diet for my whole life every time she has wanted to lose weight. In the 90s I remember her trying to get me to do the same when I was a chubby 10 year old. I took one bite and have never touched a grapefruit since! Idk how they do it.
@@ashleydavis2355 me neither, I have always hated grapefruit so this diet was out of question
Anorexia with extra steps!
That's how my mom found out she was allergic to citrus.
No wonder everyone is always asking me if I'm on a diet; I love black coffee and grapefruits! (BTW I eat more than that in one day, but they're my fav)
Now I know why women in old pictures were so frail looking, dainty, and looked so sad, the poor things were literally dying a painful, slow death in the name of beauty 😔
I think wealthy, gentry-class ladies also had nothing else in their lives than their diet to control 😞 having lived with an eating disorder, not having anything else in your life is a big part of it.
OMG YES!!!! Marvellous video!!
I recently graduated as a nutritionist and I'm so happy that you are using your platform to help spread this awareness and help people with low income to have better access to food!!! You are wonderful!!! ❤❤❤❤
I’m studying exercise science. Less nutrition but similar field
In Africa,fast foods are more expensive than veggies and fruits which leads to easier access to healthier foods
@@angela7014 wish we had that America, but no healthy foods are expensive
Spartan women were known to be extremely healthy and fit where some had abs. They all often played a lot of games that were athletic and fun. Apparently as well, some were thought to have “super close friendships” with other spartan wives.
Historians will say they were best friends
@@maplesyrup6052
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History hates lovers. Look it up.
@@maplesyrup6052 they were room mates 😎
Gal pals 😊
@Women's rights was a Mistake calm down. No one is saying the hot, muscle bound glistening men of Sparta didn't do all you wanted them to (and I know what you want them to do 🍆) but there are references from the time taking about the athleticism and attractiveness of the women
I actually cared for one of the lucky strikes models during her end stage illness when I first started out many moons ago as a CNA.
oh my - that must have been a scary experience! 😳
I'm glad this one talked a little about how stereotypes hurt men. Recently there's been this epidemic of steroid use/steroid bodies being upheld as "health" and the perfect body for guys, but 5% body fat and loads of muscle isn't attainable for most guys either, and leads to disordered unsustainable eating habits.
Oh Victorians. They tortured themselves so we could learn many things. An era where people were willing to try anything to be trendy. Such wonderful test subjects for all sorts of ideas, good or wacky.
I did all the 80’s and 90’s diets and pill except phen-fen thank goodness. I lost 70lbs on a low carb diet then had to switch to low fat and the weight stayed off. My revelation…. Eat what you love, with no more than 2-3 ingredients and eat 3x a day. Exercise to improve your mental health NOT for weight loss. lGreat video.
Being a Catholic and going to Catholic school your video reminds me of what I learned many years ago. It seems fasting was a thing they did at that time. Now the talk about cholesterol and blood pressure have made me cautious on my food intake. I eat anything I want only not as much and read the labels of what I make. Fruits and veggies are a very important part of how I do it. I do not follow my parents eating habits and I do not eat like my Dad did but I don't think he knew what he was doing. They lived into their 90s. I haven't smoked a cigarette in 20 years and not had a drink of alcohol in 43 years..Thank you Lindsay very good reminder that I am doing something right.. Oh and my Dad smoked Lucky Strike Cigarettes.
Wow! I never imagined how much people of the past and even now are desperate to live up to the ideal body size! This makes me all the more grateful for my own body! This is very interesting! ❤
definitely makes me want to break the cycle
I remember once I watched something about ridiculous diets and beauty treatments and then next thing I know I get an advert of some tiktoker chewing on a thing for better jawlines. So I don’t think we are much better
Great Video! A freaking noom ad for this video 🤦♀️🤦♀️ FYI anyone else getting this ad: noom is an evil bait and switch company.
When I did the cabbage soup diet in the 90s, it was not just soup. Everyday had a breakfast, lunch, and dinner specific to it. I’ll never forget that once a week (or 2 weeks) I could have a potato for breakfast 😂. The soup came in as a freebie. Hungry? Have cabbage soup. As much as you like. Stuff yourself with it. And that sounds great until you try it. It’s AWFUL. Zero added salt. That’s why you lost weight: salt crash gives way to water weight loss. Does not work for sustained healthy weight loss, people.
....oh that sounds horrific.
i also remember the cabbage soup really messing up your digestive system too
Me being from a culture where cabbage soup is considered a meal and it actually tastes great lol. We do add meat and other vegetables though, but we call it cabbage soup because cabbage is the dominant veggie in it
Brings me back to when I was a teen and my mom was always binging then crash dieting (which I also did with her, unfortunately). She was making bulk cabbage soup for the diet and the house smelled awful lol. She tried to get me on that diet with her and for the first time I said no. I like cabbage, but eating that soup all day every day would just make me not want to eat at all.
My mom did the cabbage soup diet multiple times! I could never! Also turns out my mom and I need extra salt in our diet so just imagine how bad she must have been feeling on it!
Thank you so much Lindsay for working so hard putting these 20+ minute history lessons out for us every week. ❤️
Thank you so much Mary for working so hard, trying to overthrow Queen Liz. You failed but hey...we all slip up sometimes
@@mdstanton1813 yes, in the end I still feel I am the winner because my son became king uniting Scotland and England. Also the current queen Elizabeth ii is a direct descendant of me ☺️
The meat diet to combat diabetes sounds extreme now, but that was back when insulin was still not available. Sadly for type 1 diabetics of that time, that would have likely been their best chance. I can't imagine how scary it would have been to be a diabetic back then.
In terms of the "ideal body shape" it seems like society is always chasing the body type that is not easily achievable for most people.
Anyone with type one diabetes would have died.
The carnivore diet is used today for extreme autoimmune disease, check out the experience of Mikhaila Peterson.....No way I could
I absolutely love this video. I’ve dealt with eating disorders since I was 13, and I know my mom has, and my Grah’ma (her mom), and while I’ve been in therapy (for that and a lot of stuff), I never appreciated the historical point that has infected multiple generations. Definitely something to talk about more in therapy and with my Mom (should I muster the courage). At any rate, I found this to be an incredibly healing video. So, thank you.
One idea too, and along the same line, but different: the history of food insecurity
The ideal, beautiful body should be a HEALTHY and FIT body, no matter how it presents itself. I’ve known heathy people that have extra padding, or with no padding, and fit people who definitely do not look like the celebrities.
Isn't it horrifying how far people would go to achieve the "perfect body"? Growing up it made me feel bad when I saw very beautiful women fight their bodies and be looked down on for their weight worries or jiggle (I 💝 you Monica Lewinsky)
A beauty pageant mom fed her teenage daughter (who was a contestant) a tapeworm. The daughter had to be rushed to the hospital.
@@therealopaartist I remember hearing about the tapeworm effect and how one could loose a bunch of weight. The thought of having a worm inside me was horrifying.
And I've ALWAYS had a weight problem and tried many different diets. But the worm....no freakin' way!
I’m legit waiting in line at McDonald’s then you upload this lmao
I have always wondered if Catherine of Aragon would have been able to have a healthy son had she not fasted so much. Thank you for another very interesting talk.
wow! the implications of how history would have changed is staggering 🤔
This video is like a little wish that came true as both of my interest combine - history and dietics. I currently study dietics at university so it's really noteworthy for me. Thank you for all the work you put into your videos! ❤
I am so glad you brought up the misconception about vomitoria at 5:03. That was one of the first things I learned in my first classics course for my degree.
The Venus of Willendorf is not actually porn, but is most likely a self portrait done by a pregnant woman, and used as a protection charm for giving birth. She has the exaggerated proportions you would get if the only way you had to view yourself was to look down. I recommend "Who cooked the last supper: Women's hidden history of the world" by Rosalind Miles for more info! Thank you for the videos!
Wow that is so interesting! It also makes so much sense that sciences like archeology are very androentric, like all of our society is and that's why they would never even think that maybe a woman created that statue!
@@chana7276 You've hit the nail on the head perfectly! Its happened repeatedly too, thats why we need more women in the field to shed new light on things, for example "man's first attempt at a calendar" is 28 notches carved into bone, but what man needs to keep track of 28 days? So this is most likely woman's first attempt at a calendar! I think you would really like the book I mentioned, its full of interesting stuff like this!
I agree with you, but the word "fetish" does not necessarily mean "porn" - it is also used to describe attributing a special value/powers to an object. Which was definitely the case with the Venus of Willendorf)
@@inkyami7719 Thank you, i didnt know about that secondary meaning of the word! ^-^
I remember when Oprah lost all of that weight and came out on her stage and exclaimed "these are size 10 jeans"!!! She gained it all back so fast.
While I do appreciate you highlighting eating disorders, I do wish you expressed the dangers of more than just anorexia, unless you couldn’t find much research on bulimia throughout history. How it leads to even more rotten teeth, rancid breath, and is just overall unhealthy. (This coming from someone who’s battled with bulimia and, thankfully, won)
Hello friend. Hello friend. Hello friend. Hello friend. Hello friend. Hello friend. Hello friend.
so happy that you won!!!!
also binging disorder, or overeating disorder! eating disorders aren't always anorexia and both sides of the scale can be dangerous
Not to be insensitive, but rotting teeth, rancid breath and overall lack of health was the norm for people of the past. There's probably not much mention of it, or such cases being linked to bulimia because it was so normal.
I am incredibly happy for you that you beat the illness.
@@daniellelsogb
Thank you :) And you are probably right about that.
how did humanity survive this far
Having kids at 12
So glad that you made this video, and even more glad that you are donating to help people access healthy foods
The amount of money it costs to eat RELATIVELY healthy is insane. Just yesterday I went to the grocery store with my best friend for weekly shopping. I tend to eat a somewhat healthy vegetarian diet (I don't get enough protein and I do eat processed vegan meat substitutes) and she eats mostly processed foods and snacks. I limited myself to only meals and no snacks while she just shoved things she wanted into her cart. I spent $60 while she spent a little more than $30. It's ridiculous!!! Of course we have a weight problem in the US. I can hardly afford to feed myself because I choose to eat somewhat healthy.
This is so true!
It's the processed meat substitutes that cost so much. Check out how to make complete proteins (beans + grain) or adding wheat germ to your cereals or breakfast smoothie. Pay attention to flavor. You will be eating wow! level delicious food, not be hungry between meals and feeling good. Your weight will level itself out.
If protein is an issue for you, skip the processed stuff. There are tons of natural proteins.
My only "diet" came to me in the face of type 1 diabetes when I was 10 years old. I was severely underweight for years. I started to gain weight after I met my husband and at the age of 38 I am on the borderline between normal and overweight (170cm/70kg). I still feel I would like to loose about 10 kg to feel better. I don't want to look skinny, but I want to feel better about some parts of my body. I will never go under knife to change myself though.
Yeah my mom always tells me that at my grandmas age back in Egypt being fat was the ideal body type. So my grandma had to take some kind of injections to get fatter.
Thank you Lindsay! Another well researched and entertaining video.
I love this video so much! I learned that nothing is new under the sun, and the way that society deems a certain body type ‘perfect’ will always shift around
My New Years Resolution is trying out healthy but delicious recipes that's also affordable, latest one is hummus with chopped vegetables to dip and scoop it.
Hi Lindsey! Have you done a video in the history of skincare yet? If not, please consider it!
That diet with cotton is very scary and heartbreaking. 😣😨
Hi Lindsay, first I want to wish you a Happy New Year 🎉 Second, I want to say thank you so much for doing these amazing history videos. I love history but thanks to your videos I am always learning something new. Thank you and I can't wait for your 2022 content 😊
I watch this as I eat my second serving of cake.
Please bring this series back!! Love your “A History Of” videos so much and would love to see more
Well done! And thank you for helping with food insecurity for so many… It was interesting to see how the ideal shapes and sizes change over time and place.
I loved this video... But why is the word curvy still being used in the wrong context? What is wrong with saying plus size? Curvy means hourglass, and you can be hourglass at any size.
Curvy just means that you have curves. It's not limited to the hourglass body type. I agree that the word is often used wrong though.
What a fantastic video idea and delivery!! Well done and thank you!
Thank you Lindsay for creating such entertaining and educational content! Makes Tuesday one of the best days of the week!
Merry Chrimbo and happy new year Lindsay! Thankyou endlessly for your gifts to the WWW you are my favourite
I love that you are using your platform to give back !!
Love that My body is ideal for the 20’s, I just wish it was for the 2020s and not the 1920s lol.
“A more realistic size” then lists two people who only look the way they do because of surgery. Okay, lol
I just want to say happy new year and thank you for the incredible life lessons!
Man, history is terrifying. I used to be anorexic but now, especially after having my daughter, I’ve stopped thinking about how often/calories in food I’m eating and I just focus on eating full meals and healthier foods.
Shesh. I've always found today's dieting intimating but it's nothing compared to dieting back than. It's scary. 😅
I decided in January 2021 to seek help for what I was beginning to believe was an ED. Since my early teens, I had pursued weight loss through diet and exercise as a means to control my body and improve my self-image. And boy was it ever a frustrating, exhausting, and all-consuming nightmare that no young person should ever have to experience. The game-changing information I learned early on in my recovery was that 1) Long-lasting weight loss is unattainable for over 95% of people and 2) People who have a history of dieting are likely to weigh more than non-dieters (weight, of course, mattered a lot to me at the time). Knowing these two things was enough to put me over the edge and begin questioning other things I had believed to be true because of diet culture. I can confidently say that the past year of therapy, and lots of anti-diet podcasts (Maintenance Phase ily), have helped me to gradually let go of self-imposed food restrictions and obsessive exercise habits. And above all, it's freed up so much brain space and time previously dedicated to impossible goals. January can be extremely difficult for many, and I hope that someone will read this and get the help that they need!
A great start to the new year! Thanks Lindsay :)
Very interesting. I had heard about some of these historic diets, but there were a few good surprises in your video. Thanks, that was fun to watch.
Would you please make a video on the history of vegetarians and vegans?
Been vegetarian for over a decade and the amount of stereotypes and myths I hear are ridiculous.
Great idea. There's a rich history of us vegos. From the Greeks to the Christians and Hindus, there are plenty of interesting nuggets of history (vegetarian of course). ❤✌
I will admit to being a curious devil. 🤔I’m not a vegan or vegetarian, but I’m curious.🤔
It's a great idea, being a vegetarian myself, I'm also curious bout how far back our history goes.
Will likely be about hindus
@@mdstanton1813 Jains are also vegetarians
President William Howard Taft lost so much weight due to this diet from a British Doctor!
Great video! Didn’t know how far back this went!
I love these videos. Im exited for the rest of the planned videos..
Really well edited! Perfect storytelling. Thank you so much for this amazing documentary.
I learned a lot!
fantastic video and so great that you decided to donate your money to a good cause. love your channel!
I can't help but laugh every time you say knickers! It sounds so funny with an American lilt (says the Welsh one). As always thanks for the fab video! I love learning here 🥰
This is so very interesting!! Thank you for this video!
I love this space so much and I wish I could follow you in social media. You are the reason I smile every Thuesday :) Love from Spain!
Why is this so fascinating??? Maybe just like the psychology behind these things, but gosh. I feel like I could have watched a 5 hour documentary about this. I was rapt.
Amphetamines are still used in prescription diet pills. I took them for two months for energy issues related to chronic fatigue but when I was half way through the second month, I had built a tolerance to them and they no longer worked. Instead of upping the dose, I just stopped taking them.
We use the word diet in the wrong way. Diet is not about losing weight, it is about what we eat as part of our lifestyle.
One of my college boyfriends gave me an amphetamine pill so I could finish writing a paper. Luckily I had more time to re-do it because it was kind of gibberish.
We can be comfortable, but we should all strive for healthy. I will NEVER be skinny and that is fine! But I want to keep medical bills low and not be a burden for my children!
amazing video, great research and it hit home with my own journey with changing my diet around my whole life. i’m lucky to be in a better mindset these days and know a lot more than i used to. i think you should have also mentioned the Body Neutrality Movement! It has some good points and something you could research if you ever want to. it’s similar to the body positivity movement and even more inclusive in ways.
happy new year lindsay!
what a lovely and informative video! you have a very soothing voice
your videos are so nice. so calm and nice. new favorite channel to listen to while sleeping.
Bravo Lindsay! More please.
I studied the Venus figurines for my masters degree and have continued on this theme into my current PhD, what you said is inaccurate. The Venus is mostly likley a representation of a heavily pregnant woman and a part of a firlitity rituary practices. We cant claim any cult connections due to lack of evidence. We do have evidence however, of other deprictions spread across Europe including rock engravings of pregnant women indicating to their stomach, in the same style and headweaar as the Venus of wilendorf. One in particular has a horn being used as a possible musical instrument and others dancing near the engraved woman, suggesting rituary practice or celebration. Pregnancies and childbirth were a huge and exciting thing in tribal society as it mostly is now, we have graves of children, especially twins, being discovered suggesting children were given personhood and were deeply loved within their tribes. We can not suggest fertility fetishism from the evidence we do have. It is far more likley to be celebration of new life or rights of passage for womanhood.
This was a great video. A lot of youtube videos are lazy but this was both thorough and entertaining. Thank you!
Diets don't work. Most doctors and dieticians these days say that the best way to be healthy is to just eat everything in moderation and exercise regularly. You should only cut things out of your diet if you physically cannot eat them such as those who have allergies. I know veganism is on the rise but it is not sustainable long term. If we just make a few healthy swaps here and there for veggie and vegan options that is both better for our health and for the environment. Honestly a lot of stuff these days is just common sense.
Thank you! I wish I could like this 1000 times!
Veganism is maintainable you just have to be informed and diligent (I'm not vegan btw). I think everyone should be putting effort into staying informed about what they put into their body and how it impacts them, no?
@@mdstanton1813 scientists have proven that if everyone in say both the UK and the US all became vegan it would actually be worse for the planet than eating meat for every meal. They are instead telling people to swap out some of your meals for Vegan or veggie options instead like say 2 or 3 meals a week being vegan or veggie that is not only better for out health but will help the planet as well. Its about finding the happy medium. Not having a hugely meat heavy diet but then not every person going fully vegan. It's about balance.
@@lucypreece7581 which scientists? References? Our current agricultural practices are bad for the environment no matter how many vegans we have so I'm not sure if that's the right argument against veganism
@@mdstanton1813 It's to do with importing certain fruits and vegetables from other countries when they are out of season because not everyone has access who what is local and in season. there is also a level of snobbery and elitism that is connected with veganism. you tend to find those who are more well off and have more money to buy fresh local produce are the ones who are vegan. I am from a very working class part of the UK. Many people live on the breadline or rely on the welfare state and work in very low paying minimum wage jobs. They simply do not have the financial means to adopt a vegan diet because fresh, healthy foods are expensive. until the US and UK economies stabilise and no people are living in poverty and all people have the money to afford fresh local produce then maybe veganism will become a viable and sustainable option for the planet but that's not the reality.
thank you for uploading
Best video ever! Well done!
In the 50s doctors would prescribe amphetamines for women so they wouldn't gain so much weight during pregnancy. Uppers......(Mom did this while pregnant with me).
She would eat the same thing everyday, 1/2 C. cottage cheese, 1/2 grapefruit and black coffee for breakfast.
I have always had problems with losing and gaining weight...now I just eat healthy and I don't say I'm vegan or on a particular diet I just accept myself as I am, chubby and eat healthy. Good luck people.
I love your videos so much, your voice sooths my anxiety
Great video! Thanks!
We’re still struggling a lot with body images but people are starting to see the bs and spread body positivity
I really loved this thank you!
Your videos are so good!
Another awesome video. I love your videos 😍😍😍😍😍
This is the kind of content you see on "Stuff you missed in history class" and I'm here for it.
This video was very interesting. Never knew dieting goes way, way back. Thanks for this👌👌👌
Thank you Lindsay! Elizabeth Bathory or the Mirabal sisters please 🥰
Seems to be an interesting find in my recommendations, I'm subscribing!
My New Year's resolution is to try out more recipes from my historical cookbook collection lol
Love this video. I love all your videos ❤️. I would mention that, in my opinion, the body positive movement is not about celebrating all bodies. It is strictly about celebrating large bodies. I know this because I was part of the movement and got sucked into the messaging but when I wanted to start losing weight for my health I was cast out and demonized as “fatphobic”. The body positive movement thinks obesity is like the colour of your skin, something you can’t change or something you have no control over. It is a toxic movement encouraging women (and men) to stay overweight while masquerading as an “all inclusive” one.
Thank you for bringing this up. So sad that a movement that started out as body positivity has turned into a fat glorifying trend, and, like you said, if someone wants to seek health they are vilified....not everyone but the ones that live off the movement. Go for it and be healthy😘
for the first statue, I’ve heard the theory that it was a self portrait from the perspective of the sculptor, which explains the strange proportions. I’m surprised by the beauty standard theory but both ideas could work!
As an art history major I can confirm this is correct! There’s been dozens if not more studies done on it and this is the opinion that is being taught at university levels now!
@@Reszig22 ooooo thank you! now I’m all fired up to learn more about art history :o
@@seafoamsiren omg yes. It’s one of the most fascinating studies. I love getting to learn about the evolution of human creativity. Art is on of the only things that’s consistent with every society we’ve ever studied and it’s an absolutely beautiful universal language
@@Reszig22 art truly is amazing and I wish you the best of luck in university!
Great video. Thank you.
Kate Moss smokes. Many smokers are thin due to nicotine suppressing their appetites.
My late mother became obese in the last years of her life, from binge eating and yo-yo dieting. I had to avoid her attempts to sabotage my health, when I was younger. Twice she got me borderline obese with her habit of not giving me a sensible diet, she starved and overfed me. At one point she banned cheese from the fridge, and I ended up with a vitamin B defiency. I don't do diets, so I'm actually only slightly over weight and eat good quality food; ideal body image is damaging nonsense. I'm not ethnically meant to be skinny, because I'm descended from small wide women. I always had more of a figure than others. In my twenties I was naturally hourglass and had a large chest and hips, and today aged sixty I'm bellshaped. My clothing sizes are large, but because most of the other women who wear my size are obese, I can wear tight styles, they can't like a-line skirts and small shouldered tops, and most clothes are often over generous. I got trolled in a supermarket, by a health freak once, because unlike most people, I don't own a car and walk all year round, so in the winter I look three sizes bigger, because I wear layers to keep warm. This idiot also went on about being ecologically friendly, while standing there dressed in designer clothes, the worst offending brands of clothing for destroying the environment and also abusing workers. I'm very careful where I source my mostly mail order clothes from. The history of women's fashions and the industry around them, would be an interesting subject, particularly fashion cults.
Kate Moss is overrated. She’s not even pretty.