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Anthropologists: Ancient man was an opportunist, not a paleo dieter
UPI ^ | Dec. 18, 2014 | Brooks Hays

Posted on 12/19/2014 8:55:32 AM PST by Gamecock

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To: free me

“Basically a diet very heavy in grains only came about around 10,000 years ago and humans have not yet evolved to respond well to that diet.”

They why do we have molars designed to grind grain?


21 posted on 12/19/2014 11:10:59 AM PST by Boogieman
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22 posted on 12/19/2014 11:22:53 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: Boogieman

Molars are designed for grinding all food (try eating a steak without using your molars).

You can google paleo for beginners and have all your questions answered in a few minutes if you are actually interested.

It has only been for the last 70 or so years that big AG and their government cronies have convinced Americans to eat rancid hydrogenated seed oils(margarine) instead of lard or butter from animals.

That is why you cant buy beef broth in the supermarket, only “beef flavored hydrolyzed vegetable protein” for instance.


23 posted on 12/19/2014 11:33:12 AM PST by free me (Cruz 2016!)
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To: Boogieman

What’s that quote again? “Nasty, brutish, and short.”


24 posted on 12/19/2014 11:59:03 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: free me
It has only been for the last 70 or so years that big AG and their government cronies have convinced Americans to eat rancid hydrogenated seed oils(margarine) instead of lard or butter from animals.
Most of the information used for those decisions were compiled by scientists...the same type of folks that conducted the study in this thread's title.
25 posted on 12/19/2014 12:09:16 PM PST by Bratch
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To: Gamecock
Its followers forgo grains and processed foods in favor of meat, fish and vegetables.

Anthropology is not among my favorite "sciences," and most anthropologists are narrowly educated fools.
They often remind me of Mark Twain observation of "... such large returns in conjecture from such small investment in fact."

They are delusional, and more often than not treat their own or familiar theory as fact.

Of course the Paleos took the path of least resistance! They weren't stupid.

D'OH!

Agriculture and searching for health food stores is work!

26 posted on 12/19/2014 12:23:18 PM PST by publius911 (Formerly Publius6961)
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To: jjsheridan5
Where in the world does the bit about hippie environmentalists fit into that???

If you need an explanation (and you're over 12), no explanation is possible.

27 posted on 12/19/2014 12:26:58 PM PST by publius911 (Formerly Publius6961)
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To: free me

Ayup.

28 posted on 12/19/2014 12:28:14 PM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn))
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To: free me

I beg to differ on the beef broth. If you go to a high end market you can find real beef broth, it just costs more than it does to make it yourself. It also tends to be loaded with sodium and crap like Bisphenol since it comes from a can or mylar lined, small plastic jug.


29 posted on 12/19/2014 12:29:32 PM PST by nomad
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To: Pearls Before Swine
What’s that quote again? “Nasty, brutish, and short.”

Hobbes' "State of Nature," i.e. Paleo.

30 posted on 12/19/2014 12:34:38 PM PST by publius911 (Formerly Publius6961)
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To: Boogieman
They why do we have molars designed to grind grain?

Hey, these guys are dogmatic religionist zealots.
Don't confuse them with facts

They are not content with just "doing their thing."
They must coerce the rest of us into also "doing their thing."

They can eat skunk rear ends for all I care, so long as they leave me alone.

31 posted on 12/19/2014 12:39:45 PM PST by publius911 (Formerly Publius6961)
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To: Gamecock

Who is stupid enough to believe prehistoric man “dieted”? He spent his entire life trying to find anything to eat — anything.


32 posted on 12/19/2014 12:54:22 PM PST by pabianice (LINE)
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To: Gamecock

Not disputing the time line, even though I think it is bull-cocka:

Basically, people were the same then, as they are now. Color me amazed...


33 posted on 12/19/2014 1:08:42 PM PST by vpintheak (Keep calm and Rain Steel!)
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To: jjsheridan5

You’re right.

My daughter is very into Paleo and I’ve never once heard her attribute the diet to ancient wisdom or any crap like that. They look at what foods were available - in season - and understand that this is what human’s evolved to eat. The jump into agriculture was much too alien and fast for the human body to adapt to properly.

Yes. Early humans were opportunistic. And that meant that they didn’t have access to white flour or refined sugar. We’re still opportunistic eaters, which is why we’ll dig into cake if it’s sitting on the counter.


34 posted on 12/19/2014 1:18:56 PM PST by Marie
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To: Bratch

Yes, same type of scientist that are peddling global warming.


35 posted on 12/19/2014 1:52:00 PM PST by free me (Cruz 2016!)
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To: Don W

Exactly. That is a picture of beef flavored broth made with hydrolyzed vegetable protein instead of beef.


36 posted on 12/19/2014 1:55:38 PM PST by free me (Cruz 2016!)
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To: nomad

I was referring to the average supermarket. But they don’t sell it at Wegmans for instance though I’m sure some others have it as you suggest.

I make my own from grass feed beef bones right from the farm.

Real bone broth is becoming more and more popular as people reject the fake food the government and food marketers have been lying to them about all these years.

There is a bone broth cafe just opened up in NYC.


37 posted on 12/19/2014 1:59:28 PM PST by free me (Cruz 2016!)
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To: pabianice

Maybe look up the word “diet” in the dictionary. It’s not just about losing weight!


38 posted on 12/19/2014 2:01:04 PM PST by free me (Cruz 2016!)
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To: Marie

Bingo!


39 posted on 12/19/2014 2:01:45 PM PST by free me (Cruz 2016!)
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To: Vince Ferrer

It’s worse than that. The Indians killed the American Bison indiscriminately. If they needed a horn, they’d kill one and just take the horns. They were so plentiful Indians didn’t need to worry. It’s the pre-Columbian version of the Tragedy of the Commons.


40 posted on 12/19/2014 2:04:42 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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