Trish Leon wrote:
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> My friend posited that the reason a hunter-gatherer was fit and could
> metabolize a mainly protein/fat diet was because their daily life
> required the expenditure of massive calories, and that their
> metabolism was therefore honed to that specific diet. She further
> questioned my daily activity levels, which honestly are not very high
> - certainly nothing compared to a paleo hunter.
An archaeologist compared the "leisurely life of the paleolithic" to the
grinding labour of the neolithic framer. He should know.
Man is a pack hunter; all he had to do was chase an animal into the
waiting spears of his partners, or if the animal is too big, dig a hole
for it to fall into, lined with sharp sticks.
Any animal stupid enough to attack an party of the mightiest killers on
earth soon became extinct.
We can metabolize a high fat moderate meat diet because it is what we
are designed to eat. Proven by those who have tried it.
William