What Brad said. Thank you, Brad.

Starvation/malnutrition also leaves telltale marks on the bones as well.

RE: caloric restriction -- restricting calories also happens to lower 
insulin levels, which brings about all sorts of wonderful health 
benefits. :) I imagine HG's would have had low insulin levels to begin 
with, since their diets were low in glucose (carbs), in relation to us folk.

http://andersonclan.us/andersonclan_top/ages.html
"Glycation occurs when a reducing sugar molecule bonds to a protein or 
lipid (fatty acid) molecule without the controlling action of an enzyme 
which would normally control where the sugar bonds and its orientation. 
This puts the sugar molecule in the “wrong place,” on the protein or 
lipid molecule, thus forming a mis-shaped molecule our bodies cannot 
metabolize or dispose of easily."

AGE's require glucose and oxidization. Many studies implicating 
cooking/fried foods included high amounts of PUFA's and/or other 
'modern' foods including foods that break down to glucose.

Cooley, Brad wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:07:47 +0100, Geoffrey Purcell 
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Re hunter-gatherers:- One problem with that theory is that hunter-gatherers 
>> ate a diet rather low in AGEs. For example, advanced glycation end 
>> products/AGEs and other heat-created toxins are found in even higher 
>> amounts in well-cooked foods such as grilled meats/fried foods etc, whereas 
>> hunter-gatherers mostly just boiled their foods in water, doing much less 
>> damage to their foods, and thus reducing AGE-content. 
>>     
>
> Many HGs also roasted food directly over flame or slow-cooked in hot coals 
> and rocks.
>
> . Plus, due to frequent 
>   
>> famine, hunter-gatherers were subject, by implication, to a lifelong caloric 
>> restriction diet which would also help to reduce average daily  intake of 
>>     
> AGEs, 
>   
>> thus lowering susceptibility to arthritis etc.
>>     
>
> You have made this statement before, which is false.  Generally HGs lived in 
> an environment with a surplus of food.  Sure, at times food was scarce, but 
> that was the exception to the rule.  Being nomadic and eating literally 
> hundreds of different types of foods helped mitigate the risk of starvation 
> compared to their agricultural counterparts.  Anecdotally HGs such as the 
> Inuit would eat huge amounts of food, so no caloric restriction there.
>
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