RE: evolution and diet

From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Apr 25 2003 - 16:56:58 MDT

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    I William Wiser wrote:

    > Gts wrote:
    >
    >> I mean that medical interventions like antibiotics and vaccines have
    >> done more to extend human life-expectancy than anything else. They
    >> have extended our life-expectancy far beyond that stage that we moderns
    >> currently consider mid-life.
    >
    > What about sanitation and adequate nutrition?

    Those things too.

    My general point is that we can't look at modern human health and longevity
    and conclude that it happened as a result of modern diet. If we're healthy
    now vs paleo times, then it's probably despite our diet rather than because
    of it.

    -gts

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