When is something NOT food?

[Blaine91555]

Not so strangely, your first sentence is what my dad taught me when I was young.  When my Promethius gene app was combined with My Herritage DNA, I got access to the My Heritage site and it clearly shows I am one point seven percent Inuit genetics on my fathers side.  They look where Europeans originated, my Ancestry data looks where people from the USA come from, so it does not show up on that.  The genetics I got from that that I found are almost all metabolic related, I need more fish and seafood, wild deer and animals, and sourdough breads in moderation.  I lack an antidiuretic hormone, so I guess the snow and ice is all yellow up there, and my Tachychardia, hyponatremia, and hypoglycemia are all related to that genetics.

In my above post I mentioned I believe it is a sin to waste food and also that we buy our food raised naturally which tastes better.  I was taught when I was young that salt fish was medicine...lack of an anti-diuretic hormone means I pee out all my salt and my gene apps show this is relevant too.  I get weak if I don't get enough salt and my sodium levels are always at the bottom of normal in blood tests, always have been.  The Promethius app said I am one of the lucky ones in that I can eat lots of salt...how is it lucky, I need more salt than most people in a world where eating salt has been demonized.

I see I worded that wrong and it may have been misleading as I have no native blood, but I do like many things about their culture.

One of the first things my father taught me was pretty much the same. You shoot it, you eat it or don't shoot it unless it's self-defense. He also instilled in me an appreciation for how many things are not only edible but delicious and good for us. We grew all our own fruits and vegetables and my mother was an expert at canning and preservation. My father had a siege mentality after having lived through the Great Depression and WW2.

We always had at least a couple of years of supplies and it had zero to do with any conspiracies, it was in his mind his duty as part of providing for us. I was working in the garden and orchard from the age of 9 and in return I could keep the money I made by selling what we did not use. It taught me how to provide for myself.

OK, I'm rambling again.