I am listening to the book “The Comfort Crisis” by Michael Easter. In so doing, I’ve been introduced to Dr. Trevor Kashey. This bit, heard on my walk today, has given me much to think about: The Author; Michael Easter asked Kashey, “Don’t people think it’s abnormal to weigh and track every ounce of food?” He replied “I was born a scientist. I started gathering data through measuring because I was used to running experiments—that’s what you do when you’re trying to learn something. It never occurred to me that people would think it’s odd,” he said. “But consider this…everyone measures their food somehow. How else would you determine a portion? But they just do it subconsciously, without precision. OK, many people find it odd to measure things. Many people are also sick, fat, poor, slow, and ignorant as a result of nonmeasurement.”
I’m befuddled how someone (Dr. Trevor Kashey) who preaches what I have long practiced was not known to me before today.