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<blockquote data-quote="AliB" data-source="post: 85635" data-attributes="member: 16907"><p>I'll throw my oar in here again.</p><p></p><p>I think that kind of blanket assumption has to be taken with a pinch of salt. At the end of the day 'stone age' or otherwise, it depended where you were as to what kind of food you ate.</p><p></p><p>People in Northern climes would predominantly eat a diet based around meat, fat and fish with a little seasonal veg and fruit thrown in - we know that because a)there isn't anything else to eat and b)they are still eating it! Those in hotter climes would likely eat a more grain or pulse-based diet and those who were nomadic had to be eating a predominantly animal-based diet with whatever plant material they could find on their travels.</p><p></p><p>Animals these days are bred and fed to be bigger overall - hence the compulsion to give them growth hormones. Not much point making them fatter as the fat is not commercially viable and is removed so the emphasis is on the protein content. The truth is, of course that none of us were alive back then so any assumptions we make are pure conjecture with a little bit of truth thrown in.</p><p></p><p>So the real truth is that some would eat a diet higher in fat than others. The important thing on any of the diets is that their culture would be used to eating THAT diet. Their gut flora would be attuned to THAT diet and they would be healthy on THAT diet.</p><p></p><p>Those who still eat the way their ancestors ate are relatively healthy in comparison with us. We are sick not only because of the extremely poor and damaging 'food' that we have the cheek to be charged for, and the fact that we are getting more and more imperfect through each successive generation but also because our bodies no longer know what diet is right for US.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AliB, post: 85635, member: 16907"] I'll throw my oar in here again. I think that kind of blanket assumption has to be taken with a pinch of salt. At the end of the day 'stone age' or otherwise, it depended where you were as to what kind of food you ate. People in Northern climes would predominantly eat a diet based around meat, fat and fish with a little seasonal veg and fruit thrown in - we know that because a)there isn't anything else to eat and b)they are still eating it! Those in hotter climes would likely eat a more grain or pulse-based diet and those who were nomadic had to be eating a predominantly animal-based diet with whatever plant material they could find on their travels. Animals these days are bred and fed to be bigger overall - hence the compulsion to give them growth hormones. Not much point making them fatter as the fat is not commercially viable and is removed so the emphasis is on the protein content. The truth is, of course that none of us were alive back then so any assumptions we make are pure conjecture with a little bit of truth thrown in. So the real truth is that some would eat a diet higher in fat than others. The important thing on any of the diets is that their culture would be used to eating THAT diet. Their gut flora would be attuned to THAT diet and they would be healthy on THAT diet. Those who still eat the way their ancestors ate are relatively healthy in comparison with us. We are sick not only because of the extremely poor and damaging 'food' that we have the cheek to be charged for, and the fact that we are getting more and more imperfect through each successive generation but also because our bodies no longer know what diet is right for US. [/QUOTE]
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