From: Damien Sullivan (phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu)
Date: Mon Apr 14 2003 - 12:41:19 MDT
On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 11:47:07AM -0400, gts wrote:
> Those who would argue that we are genetically adapted to a *grain* based
> diet are in my mind beyond the fringe and hardly worth the trouble of
> debating. Some people will believe anything. :-)
Well, there is the fact that most of us are descended from up to 10,000 years
of farmers, with many of us Europeans having a long dairy history as well.
It's traditional to say "evolution is slow, that's not much time" but then
there are the finch, fruit fly, and stickleback studies, showing evolution
might happen faster than usually thought. Even if we're not perfectly adapted
to the farming diet yet, after 10,000 years we might not be that adapted to
the Palaeolithic diet either.
Again, see the Okinawans. White rice, lots of veggies, some fish. And we
know they're healthy.
-xx- Damien X-)
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