That was a good reply; I enjoyed it.
Some more thoughts: The heavy eating of raw greens suggest metabolic
development going way back into the primate ancestors of man, or through
early forms of man, probably developing an ability to eat cooked foods,
and
thus extending the diet.
On the other hand, can beans be foraged? Is there such a thing as the
wild bean? Probably, but if not, this suggests that man, or pre-humans,
cultivated their gardens, thus making Candide's observation "We must
cultivate the garden" oddly pertinent.
Also, it is likely that prehuman simians, and maybe early humans, were
not carnivorous, but rather tryed to evade carnivores. To kill or cook a
carnivore would attract other carnivores. Maybe man got to a point of
strength and skill ( Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon?) where he could defend
himself from carnivores, and then grew accustomed to meat. However, acc.
to
Fuhrman, meat is bad for the body, so even if our Paleolithic ancesters
ate
it, they suffered the consequences. So, it's just a tasty but
self-destructive habit.
On the other hand, one could regard this dietary representation of the
human metabolism as an argument against dietary evolution. Perhaps man did
not evolve to be able to digest dairy products, and meat, into his diet,
in
addition to plants, fruits, beans, nuts, and whole grain. Perhaps man
has
just added dairy products, and meat, but has not adapted , and will not
adapt to these foods; perhaps they damaged his health then as much as now.
Sinners in the hands of an Angry God, and all that.
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