On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 11:02:51 -0400, gts <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>
> One thing is very clear: life-expectancy has increased radically in just
> the
> last few hundred years, thanks mainly to medical science. Paleolithic
> people
> appear to have been healthier than their Neolithic progeny but I think it
> would be unreasonable to assume they had life-expectancies comparable to
> ours.
>
> -gts
>
True, we live longer than our recent (in centuries) ancestors, but no
thanks to the quacks. It is supposed to have been engineering, clean water
supply. I think also a much better diet, which is odd - I'm thinking of
Ferdinand Magellan, who kept his crew free of scurvy by sauerkraut, while
later english sailors died of it.

I "borrowed" the following from another list, a book review on the rawlife
list, was very impressed with it, and if the paleo-proposition is  true,
the only reason for early death would have been injuries. The evidence as I
remember says that it was Neanderthals that had a violent hunting style. We
were craftier hunters, few injuries.

Raymond Francis – Age 66 (6/2003), started on road to health age 47.
Book:  Never Be Sick Again:  Health is a choice, Learn how to choose it.

"Two Causes of ALL Diseases:
Nutritional Deficiency& Toxicity – 80% of all toxins are within YOUR
control to eliminate. Better nutrition helps the body detox better. (Eating
uncooked food works
the best because the body stops producing mucus, raising the assimilation
rate"


The review is much longer, I've ordered the book from abebooks.com.

William


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