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Peter Ballerstedt

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Forage agronomist: Ruminant agric; human diet & health. Opinions are my own, not of the organizations I am affiliated with. Intro video

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Peter Ballerstedt

10 months

Animal source foods are irreplaceable sources of many essential nutrients in addition to indispensable amino acids, but today’s public dietary advice and food system conversations typically oversimplify the topic of protein in human nutrition. This oversimplification leads to

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3 years

People send me things

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2 years

"Why we fight"

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2 years

🇳🇱 WEF agenda in full force: Hundreds of schools in The Netherlands have started a campaign introducing 10-12 y/o kids to mealworms & insects as a ‘sustainable’ meat substitute. The goal is to bring about “behavioral changes through unprejudiced children”

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7 years

Advice you can use -

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2 years

Wednesday morning greetings. "Irish Wolfhound with two sub-woofers"

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2 years

Today's entry for the "Correlation vs. Causation" folder -

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4 years

Enjoy your long weekend. What are your plans?

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Peter Ballerstedt

6 years

So, if a calorie is a calorie, why not just drink 300 ml (1.25 cups) of gasoline a day to get the 2,300 kcals the mythical 70 kg man requires a day? Oh, you mean metabolism and toxicity is important, too, not just Gross Energy? Hmmmm 🤔😏🤠

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Peter Ballerstedt

6 years

Diabetes cases have increased by 700% in the US since the 1960s. Why haven't people lost their jobs? Why are those who've guided dietary policy since then *still* doing so?

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2 years

Today's entry for the "Correlation vs. Causation" folder

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Peter Ballerstedt

3 years

Livestock are *essential* for sustainable food systems and development. No livestock, no life. Know livestock, know life!

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4 years

People and their dogs...

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4 years

Good night.

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Peter Ballerstedt

6 years

What the literature *actually* showed vs. what EAT-Lancet says... Remember the phrase "...found nothing against red meat..." #Yes2Meat

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Peter Ballerstedt

5 years

THIS. MUST. STOP.

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A friends child came home with this from school.

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5 years

People send me things...

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This seems timely (or should I say timeless?) -

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4 years

With all the news about Uncle Billy's plans, I thought this might be appreciated... Thank you, Dr. Jay!

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Peter Ballerstedt

5 years

Plant-based beef patty... 😏😉🤠 Preparing for #LCH2019 #LowCarbHouston #LowCarbConferences

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4 years

Just imagine how much soy and how many healthy fruits and veggies could be produced here if this agricultural land wasn't being used to produce beef...

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5 years

"In three weeks we're gonna know what everybody's natural hair color is."

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3 years

Good night.

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1 year

There can be NO sustainable food systems without livestock. If you haven't thought about agriculture this way, please consider this - It's the production of biomass - the majority of which is NOT edible by humans. Even food crops produce more inedible biomass. As Prof Windisch

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3 years

Horsepower, one.

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5 years

Patient Zero has been identified...

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Peter Ballerstedt

5 years

Dear Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, Here's my suggestions for the 9th ed. of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Please stop recommending specific diets for 327+ million people. You can't do it without political influence. Stick to evidence, please. @USDANutrition

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Peter Ballerstedt

3 years

Good morning. Back at the E Gates...

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Peter Ballerstedt

5 years

So, if the average diabetes patient eliminated all diabetes medications they would reduce their CO2e "footprint" by 29% MORE than changing from a "high meat" to "vegan" diet. If only there were some way for diabetics to reverse diabetes w/ lifestyle & species-appropriate diet...

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Peter Ballerstedt

2 years

To the memory of my friend, colleague, mentor, and coach Dr. Adele Hite. Rest in peace, SodSister. Your colleagues will carry your torch from here @ahhite

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Peter Ballerstedt

5 years

Let's see if the censors twitch... What if, just speculating wildly here, what if this were in fact true? How might this shift our "conversations" on diet, health, sustainability, etc.?

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Peter Ballerstedt

7 years

Insulin resistance & hyperinsulinemia are linked to almost every chronic disease. Not convinced? Watch @tednaiman 's presentation @lowcarb_aus . Here's a list of his references & a zip file of those papers .

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Peter Ballerstedt

5 years

For the next time someone bloviates about how US diet needs to be "plant-based" - It *already* IS! 70% of calories come from plant source foods! 59% from just 3 categories (grains (23%), added plant lipids (21%), & added sugars & sweeteners (15%). Maybe THAT'S a problem... ? 🤔🤨

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Peter Ballerstedt

2 years

In case it comes up - 96% of the feed consumed by domesticated ruminants is NOT human-edible. The grains that are fed amounts to 7% of 2018 global cereal production. #Upcycling #FoodSecurity #EssentialNutrition #SustainableFood 1/4

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Peter Ballerstedt

5 years

Time for a quick review. These are basic, well-established facts. How can we have an honest conversation about sustainability if they are not explicitly included? #ruminants #sustainable

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Peter Ballerstedt

4 years

NO!! I will no longer submit to unnecessary directives. They can't make me wear a banana!!!

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Peter Ballerstedt

1 year

Diabetes is a form of carbohydrate intolerance. There is no such thing as an essential carbohydrate in the human diet. So, can someone explain why the American Diabetes Assoc promotes these recipes?

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Nick Norwitz

1 year

Sadly not satire 😳 - When I show ADA recipes to peers and colleagues, they laugh uncomfortably

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Peter Ballerstedt

4 years

I can't even...

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Oyster flatulence worries climate scientists

Plans to expand aquatic farming could have a serious knock-on effect on climate change, climate experts have warned after new research revealed that underwater shellfish farts produce 10% of the...

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Peter Ballerstedt

6 years

Is this simple enough? "Eat meat. Mostly fat. Not too little."

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Peter Ballerstedt

6 years

Van Gogh's "Starry Night" rendered in bacon (see what they did there... ?) You're welcome.

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Peter Ballerstedt

4 years

Thursday morning greetings. Today's item's from the Useful Advice folder...

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Peter Ballerstedt

6 years

Who is this "we" you speak of, Dr. Keys... ? Ancel Keys made this statement 20 years ago. There are STILL people who DON'T know this! Thanks to @Simms

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Peter Ballerstedt

4 years

Essential oil

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Peter Ballerstedt

6 years

New fad all-meat diet... Oh, never mind...

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The Arctic Explorer Who Pushed an All-Meat Diet

Vilhjalmur Stefansson wanted to prove a point.

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Peter Ballerstedt

5 years

Note: Claims about ruminant animal agriculture being a primary driver of climate change AND the health dangers of red meat are both improbable & far from being supported by robust scientific evidence. It's almost like both those narratives were being promoted by the same folks...

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Peter Ballerstedt

5 years

1) I've met many knowledgable, sincere individuals working in essential human nutrition, public health in the developing world, animal agriculture, policy, & sustainability. The majority still believe in the hazards of consuming "too much" animal source foods. So let's review:

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Peter Ballerstedt

2 years

Perhaps "Go play outside" wasn't clear enough... ? Enjoy your weekend. Get outside.

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4 years

Me too

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3 years

People send me things

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"There is no junk food. There is food, and there is junk. I prefer food." Michael Eades, MD @DrEades

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Peter Ballerstedt

6 years

Regardless of what you hear through the media, remember these wise words from Dr. Georgia Ede. Amen, Sister! Some amount of meat belongs in the human diet. The decision on how much should be yours, not some small, elitist group's. Say #yes2meat ! @GeorgiaEdeMD

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Peter Ballerstedt

7 years

Diet and exercise

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5 years

#Ruminati humor

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Peter Ballerstedt

3 years

Good morning.

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Peter Ballerstedt

7 years

Food for Thought: US per capita consumption of beef & all red meat availability are at record-low levels, the the chronic ("killer") disease epidemic continues to worsen. We were told the opposite would happen (based upon no data). Time for a change in policy/advice.

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Peter Ballerstedt

4 years

Eat like your (Great) Grandparents. Hat tip to @TuitNutrition

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2 years

Good morning greetings. (cultural reference may not translate)

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Peter Ballerstedt

1 year

June 21, 1977 Forty six years. The best decision of my life. It's been an amazing journey. Here's to what's next. Forever grateful to my big brother Hank for being there as the unofficial photographer. (The "pro" failed)

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Peter Ballerstedt

5 years

You may not like grain-finished beef, but be sure you know what those steers are actually eating while being finished (~4 month period of a 2 year life otherwise on pasture/range). Here's an example. Not "just eating corn" as I hear so many folks say. Hat tip to @drsplace

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Peter Ballerstedt

3 years

The phenomenon of the laughing salad-eaters explained...

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6 years

Time for a quick review...

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Peter Ballerstedt

5 years

Time to bring back this review. ALL of these summary points are basically statements of reality. They should NOT be controversial.

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Peter Ballerstedt

2 years

Something great came in the mail. Turns out I didn't have to wait until the end of January (the release date in US for hardcover) to get this book! Softcover from Amazon. Just in case you don't want wait...

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Peter Ballerstedt

6 years

Do not let those who promote the diet that made you sick make you feel guilty for restoring your health. You are NOT destroying the planet! When you heal YOURSELF you are IMPROVING the world!! Enjoy your improved mental, emotional and physical health.

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Peter Ballerstedt

6 years

Maybe we shouldn't eat foods that need to be "fortified"... ? Is what they're adding to their product as bioavailable as that naturally supplied in other foods? If you're going to eat breakfast, perhaps there's a better option than what comes out of a box.

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Peter Ballerstedt

5 years

Catching up on some reading...

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1 year

One Day at a Time. Deepest thanks to all the people who helped me on my journey to this point. I trust that the Power and process will lead me into whatever the future holds. If you or someone close to you is actively alcoholic or addicted to some other drug (or abstinent but

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3 years

Just look at all that farmland that could be growing cereals and pulses instead of being used by livestock... 😉

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#Ruminati humor

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They say a picture's worth a thousand words... Pigs are a useful model in human nutrition. Which body composition should be the goal for adolescent humans? (the global 1-size-fits-all (except us) fantasy-diet promoted by EAT-Lancet allows far more sugar than #beef ) #yes2meat

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Bringing back a favo(u)rite...

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“Hell hath no fury like a vested interest masquerading as a moral principle.”

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4 years

Good night

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Peter Ballerstedt

7 years

Truth

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2 years

English.

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Peter Ballerstedt

5 years

As more data accumulates, it seems likely that ALL modern beef systems will be shown to be carbon neutral, if not carbon negative. What's their next anti-beef argument?

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Gary Fettke

5 years

"grassfed cattle sequester more 'carbon' than they produce." "Our farm is creating more in terms of organic matter in the soil and microbial biodiversity than it is depleting" #RegenerativeFarming cropping up everywhere and working at 25 years. #wecantwait

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Peter Ballerstedt

7 years

Let's shift the conversation. "Saturated" sounds bad to so many. "Stable" sounds better & is factual. Tks to @zoeharcombe & @KetoCarnivore

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Peter Ballerstedt

6 years

Time for a quick review - #Ruminants & ruminant animal agriculture are essential. Any "conversation" about eliminating ruminant animal agriculture must address these functions & propose alternatives.

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Peter Ballerstedt

2 years

Good morning. The goats in Spain don't stay mainly on the plain...

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Peter Ballerstedt

2 years

Yesterday's @DoombergT post "A Lump of Oil" contained a story from World War 2 of Oklahoma roughnecks who went to England to increase production from one of their fields. I got to visit their memorial ("Oil Patch Warrior") in Ardmore, OK today.

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3 years

Cheese cake for dessert... ?

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3 years

Life on the road. Team building dinner. I wonder what they're having...

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Peter Ballerstedt

6 years

Public service announcement - Don't repeat ridiculously incorrect estimates of greenhouse gas emissions due to livestock agriculture (globally or in US) or comparisons with other sources, like transportation. It's not a good look. Don't be that guy.

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2 years

People send me things... Good morning. What day is it? It's good to be home.

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5 years

Forty-two years ago today, May 21, 1977.

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Peter Ballerstedt

6 years

My suggestions for changes in word usage: 1. "stable, monounstable & polyunstable" instead of "saturated, mono- & polyunsaturated" 2. "industrial oils" instead of "vegetable oils" where applicable (eg soy, corn, canola) 3. "multiple effects" instead of "side effects" Others?

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Peter Ballerstedt

3 years

In case it comes up. All *arable land* is agricultural land. Not all agricultural land is arable (cannot produce human-edible crops). Most arable land is used to produce human-edible crops. Byproducts from those crops can be fed to livestock.

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Peter Ballerstedt

2 years

Something to ruminate on. Ruminant animals produce far more human-utilizable food from the human-utilizable feed that they consume. And the food they produce is of far higher nutritional quality, too. Thanks, @DrVaughnHolder

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Peter Ballerstedt

5 years

This boat consumes >500 liters of diesel/hour. From "Turning The Tide: The Sustainable Future of Superyachts" "When any man is more stupidly vain and outrageously egotistic than his fellows, he will hide his hideousness in humanitarianism." –George Moore

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Peter Ballerstedt

2 years

Good morning

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Peter Ballerstedt

2 years

31 years, 11,323 days, one at a time. There is hope for those afflicted with alcoholism and addiction. Recovery is possible. Get the help you need. You're worth it. I'm amazed where this journey has taken me. You, too, will be. Thanks to all those who share their journeys w/ me.

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Peter Ballerstedt

5 years

Time for a review: The "destroying-your-health," "makes-you-immoral," and "ruining-the-planet" claims are false (also bogus, deceitful, distorted, faulty, fictitious, fraudulent, inaccurate, misleading, mistaken, specious, spurious, unfounded & untrue) So what's next? Aliens?!?

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Peter Ballerstedt

3 years

Good morning. People send me things. (thanks, Mark!)

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Peter Ballerstedt

3 years

Happy Thanksgiving

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Peter Ballerstedt

4 years

Tuesday morning greetings. Looking for some Thanksgiving entrée ideas?

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Peter Ballerstedt

1 year

"To believe that the number of cattle alive in Ireland somehow impacts the weather is the functional equivalent of insisting leprechauns are real." AMEN!!! It's always a great morning when there's a new post by @DoombegT in Sodfather's inbox, but this one involves ruminants!!

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1 year

Got Milk?

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2 years

Made it to the weekend!

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5 years

What if, just speculating wildly here, what if ruminant animal agriculture was the path of least harm... ? "The Least Harm Principle May Require That Humans Consume a Diet Containing Large Herbivores, Not a Vegan Diet." S.L. Davis. 2003. pdf -

Davis - 2003 - The least harm principle may require that humans consume a diet containing large...

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Peter Ballerstedt

6 years

#Ruminants are essential. Ruminant animal agriculture INCREASES the quantity and quality of humanity's protein supply. Proponents of animal-free agriculture do not account for the basic differences in protein quality between animal-sourced and plant-sourced proteins. #yes2meat

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