Every so often, someone takes me up on the invitation I’ve made here — that if something you’ve written feels honest, examined, and worth thinking about, you’re welcome to send it for my consideration.
This essay from Sunil Lemay is one of those moments.
It isn’t a debate about diet. It isn’t advocacy. It isn’t an attempt to convert anyone.
It’s something rarer: a person taking one of their own long‑held beliefs, testing it rigorously, discovering that the science doesn’t support it in the way they assumed, and choosing to stay with the belief anyway — not out of stubbornness, but out of examined conviction.
What I appreciate most is the intellectual honesty running through it. Sunil doesn’t tidy his history. He doesn’t pretend certainty. He doesn’t use science as a shield. He simply thinks in public, with clarity and humility, about the difference between evidence and values.
If you’re someone who enjoys thoughtful, well‑reasoned writing — the kind that invites you to slow down and consider your own assumptions — you may find this worth your time.
I invite you to …
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