On: Eating one-fifth less beef could halve deforestati...

[kevincox]

The biological impulse is basically "eat as much as you can". This worked well in the past because it was hard to eat too much due to the expense/scarcity.

Now that high-energy foods are very accessible this impluse is less helpful.

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Even my toddler has no such impulse. He eats till he got enough and then starts throwing food on the floor.

Eating through your savings was detrimental even for hunter gatherers.