On 11/22/2011 08:17 AM, Emiliano Bussolo wrote:
>>> William I thought it was about food-driven health.
>
> No, this is about food we as a species evolved eating. The concept
> of evolution must be applied if we try to understand why is it we
> apparently thrive on meat and do not so well on the so-called food of
> civilization.
>

That's easy. We thrive on meat because we are made of it. Cells that are 
damaged or worn out should be replaced with the same stuff, as a worn 
tire on your car must be replaced with rubber, and not with a crumpet.




Still in the common use the word heathen from
> uncivilized came to mean pagan.
>
>
Wrongly, because while heathen is uncivilized, pagan is civilized.
http://stoa.wordpress.com/2007/01/27/on-paganism-and-hellenism-etymology/

William