Johnny Battle wrote:
> http://pigtrail.uark.edu/news/2002/JUN02/humanDiet.html

Hmmm, moderate verbal ability coupled to immoderate ego
certainly makes for some interesting interpretations...Below
are some pertinent quotes from the article:

"Fad diets that restrict the types of food we eat may
actually jeopardize our overall health...'Americans assume
that their diets are varied because of the seemingly
infinite array of foods available to us,' Ungar said. 'But
if you look at the average American diet, it consists mainly
of fat and starch. Ocasionally, we throw in some
tomatoes.'...Ungar and Teaford write that 'diet changes have
far outstripped the capacity of genetic evolution to keep
pace with changes in what we eat today.' The discrepancy
between our modern eating habits and the metabolic
functioning of our bodies has given rise to such diseases as
diabetes, cancer and heart disease...a bioarcheologist
examines the shift from hunter-gatherer societies to
agricultural settlements. He states that the effects of that
transition on diet content immediately resulted in a decline
in health. Bones and teeth from that transitional period
show increased infection, dental disease and physiological
stress. The researcher then emphasizes that the agricultural
foundation of our modern food supply continues to
deteriorate human health...But the features that allowed our
ancestors to adopt such a varied diet were not just
physiological. They were also mental...By cooking and
cutting, early hominids gained access to foods that
otherwise would have been inedible."

Now, let me see if I understood this correctly:
A fad diet is one that is currently popular; today what is
popular is a restrictive diet composed mostly of fats and
starches.
This eating pattern is one with which our bodies are not
able to adequately cope, resulting in various diseases which
show historically tied to developing agriculture.
So far it is a nice job of supporting paleo eating, no?
Then the zinger:
The human brain is so wonderful that we have been able to
develop ways of making the inedible able to be chewed and
swallowed thus setting ourselves up for all those diseases
associated with the modern diet.  We should praise the human
brain that allows us to continue to find new ways of making
ourselves miserable/dead.
Do the rest of you all find this as illogical as I do??
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