> Culturally adopted foods are of course common for humans - all sorts
> of bizarre things that most animals would consider poison make their
> way into our mouths.
Like aspartame, the sweetener for coca-cola and dr. pepper. It is
used
as an ant poison.
Heck, things which actually *are* poison make
> their way into our bodies quite deliberately - no doubt many other
> animals wonder what we think we're doing. However, meat does not
> seem to be one of them.
Well, to Appeal-to-Authority (so watch out), Dr. Fuhrman says that
smoking, lack of physical activity, and eating animal foods are the main
culprits in heart disease. Animal proteins raise chlosterol, chicken as
much
as beef. Plant proteins lower cholesterol and colon cancer risk.
On the other hand, I like smoking and physical activity. And
English
Farmhouse Cheddar.
I don't know; maybe our ancestors ate some meat; I'm sure yours
did.
Maybe to eat an animal was like a symbol of conquering ones enemy and
spiritually appropriating it's strength. Perhaps free-ranging meat was
leaner, with no added hormones or antibiotics, and earlier humans were a
lot
stronger and much more physical active - fourth-world peoples still are,
although not as strong.
Fuhrman says eat seaweed, not fish, to get iodine, so perhaps our
ancestors lived on seacoasts or around lakes?
Use of dairy (not counting natural
> lactation and breast feeding of course) does seem to be
> comparatively recent, and some populations have adapted better to it
> than others.
Nyet. Scandinavians eat lots of dairy, but have the most heart
attacks and cancers of anyone.
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