Thanks Indy51, I think you answered my question about why Indians are being encouraged to use ghee. It must be because they're trying to get them to stop using the inflammatory seed oils.
Okay, I've been doing some reading online. This article, The History of Vegetarianism, was an interesting read...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_vegetarianism
It seems that there's a rise and fall in popularity of the vegetarian diet through the centuries throughout some cultures.
Indy51, will take a look at the links you shared tonight and tomorrow. Thank you.
Cocosilk, for me, from the beginning of my journey to restored health, I've been more interested in figuring out what foods are healthy and which are unhealthy...for me.
It's funny, I was just listening briefly to a CrossFit interview with pediatric endocrinologist Robert Lustig, MD from 2017, in which he's explaining that fructose, which includes sugar and corn syrup found in most processed foods, is the equivalent of alcohol when it comes to the effect on the liver, which is a driver of metabolic syndrome.
So I think you're on the right track in your thinking:
"So you eat your share of fruit and veges and probably some grain foods as well as meat, fish, eggs and dairy, but don't overeat and you can probably make it into old age without diabetes."
I recently listened to a lecture that referred to the work of Elliott Joslin, a physician in the early 1900's who treated people with diabetes in the US. (But I can't find it again, and really wish I could). He's who The Joslin Clinic was named after.
As I recall, early in his practice as a physician, he went through an archive of patient medical records that spanned, I believe 70 years, from a hospital in the northeast, might have been Boston, Massachusettes, not sure. He was trying to figure out when diabetes became a problem. And what he confirmed was that the incidence of diabetes, which was not common, increased four fold
during the 1800's. And that trend was continuing into the early 1900's. I think what fueled his interest was both his mother and aunt developed diabetes, so it was personal for him. I listen to lectures by Nina Tiecholz a lot, and based on what I've learned from her, I'm going to hazard a guess that the drivers of diabetes are the processed foods of sugar, grain flours, and seed oils, which became more available beginning in the 1800's.
I also think your thinking that overeating, even healthy foods, can be a problem when it comes to longevity is right too.
Another challenge we face to today is our access to an abundance of fruit year round from around the world, so perhaps, for a variety of reasons, we all need to go back to eating with the seasons, primarily foods available locally.
We're so fortunate today. By having lab tests done once a year, and monitoring other health markers such as wieght, height and waist ratio, etc, I can tell over time what foods and eating patterns seem to work best for me health wise.
I've made a lot of progress over the last five years. Sounds like you have too.