Re: evolution and diet (was: FITNESS: Diet and Exercise)

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Apr 21 2003 - 15:58:04 MDT

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    --- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> wrote:
    > > (Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@yahoo.com>):
    > >
    > > Yes, and paleolith proponents are 'down on vegetarianism', as
    > Harvey
    > > says, specifically for energy and power reasons. Look at any
    > > vegetarian. Most are waif thin. Only the most disciplined are able
    > > to maintain any sort of significant muscle mass. Imagine such
    > > individuals trying to take on a sabre tooth or cave bear, trying
    > > to track a woolly
    > > mammoth or red deer for days, then having the energy to haul the
    > > kill by hand over miles of rough and hostile terrain, fighting off
    > > scavenging packs of hyenas.
    >
    > I have to disagree here: I was a vegetarian for 3-4 years, and while
    > I was a little less chunky than I am now, I was certainly every bit
    > as large and strong and healthy. I gave it up simply because all of
    > the studies I'd relied on to get me there had been debunked/
    > contradicted by later, better studies.

    What sort of vegetarian?

    > But it certainly had nothing
    > to do with loss of energy or strength. Gorillas are hardly wimps.

    Gorillas are also a different species, evolved for their diet.

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    Mike Lorrey
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