Human ancestors started eating meat, evolution served up a healthy bonus.< eata this Peta >

Medical News Today ^ | 03-22-2004, 07:40 PM | By Gilien Silsby and Gia Scafidi

[Helms]

Hey PETA- DON'T MESS WITH MEATEATERS. AFTER ALL MY KIND MADE EXTINCT ALL SORTS OF COMPETITORS

[RightWhale]

Bugs and berries. A balanced diet.

[KarlInOhio]

"I think we can learn a lesson from this," Stanford said. "Eating meat is fine, but in moderation and with a lot of exercise."

So you can only get your Monster Thickburger if you run across five miles of savanna to catch it.

[warchild9]

I've been a vegetarian for several decades now, and my chest hair hasn't thinned.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Now we eat them year-round. They may have hunted one deer a season and eaten it over several months."

Hmmmm---I wonder how they managed THAT, not having refrigeration, and all.

[ElkGroveDan]

So you can only get your Monster Thickburger if you run across five miles of savanna to catch it.

...also, leaving off the mayo and washing it down with a DIET Coke should help.

[-YYZ-]

"Still, if humans developed genes to compensate for a meat-rich diet, why do so many now suffer from high cholesterol and vascular disease?"

I'm not 100% convinced, but maybe it has something to do with the amount of trans-fatty acids, produced by the hydrogenation of vegetable oils, in our diets? Supposedly cardio-vascular disease was quite rare before they came onto the scene.

[KarlInOhio]

Hmmmm---I wonder how they managed THAT, not having refrigeration, and all.

Salted venison, smoked venison, venison jerky.

Or else just caught it, kept it and ate parts as they needed. The deer could have leaned up against a tree if it only had two legs left.

[katana]

Maybe they figured out how to make something like Pemican. Smoke and/or sun dry, mix with berries and pound into dry leather like strips. The guy's point is valid that moderation and exercise minimize the effect of a fat rich diet and people knew how to preserve meats long before refrigeration.

[bjs1779]

They may have hunted one deer a season and eaten it over several months."

Hmmmm---I wonder how they managed THAT, not having refrigeration, and all.

Simple. They put it next to their wives!

[Fiddlstix]

Ping

[RJS1950]

They didn't care about the rancid meat, smell, taste. In the middle-ages meat was commonly hung in bags and nets and would be "aged". One of the reasons why the brits regularly boiled all their meat.

[MacDorcha]

jerking the meat may have helped... just an idea.

[MacDorcha]

is somebody in the doghouse?

[ZombieReagan]

Evolution?!? Everybody knows that God designed humans to be meat-eaters!

[CDHart]

I've heard that even now an aged steak -- one which has hung and then had the mold removed -- is supposed to be a gourmet treat. I think I'd pass, though.

Carolyn

[scottybk]

They made vension jerky, by salting the meat and drying it in the sun.

[scottybk]

It is indeed a great treat- don't knock it. The hanging/drying process lets the moisture evaporate and breaks down the tendons so the meat is extra-tnder and the "beefy" flavor is intense.

[scottybk]

It is indeed a great treat- don't knock it. The hanging/drying process lets the moisture evaporate and breaks down the tendons so the meat is extra-tnder and the "beefy" flavor is intense.