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To: bray

Before cultivation (farming) we ate meat, fish, fowl, woodland berries and nuts and some tuber plants. We were hunter gatherers. The human body was adapted for this diet. With the advent of farming population exploded swiftly due to abundance of food that was mostly carbohydrates. Our bodies were not designed for this diet.

Oddly the carbs gave us large populations and civilizations of great grandeur though they were not the best of food.


9 posted on 08/23/2025 9:19:01 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, MAGA)
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To: cpdiii

Then why did they give us large populations?


14 posted on 08/23/2025 9:57:47 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: cpdiii

“we ate meat, fish, fowl, woodland berries and nuts and some tuber plants. We were hunter gatherers.”


We were hunters, period. Up until 20 thousands years ago, Europeans lived in the ice age, with Northern Europe covered by a permanent icesheet down to Belgium. They would be out of luck gathering tuber plants. So until you show me cave paintings with plants, let alone nuts, the “gatherers” part is a myth.


24 posted on 08/24/2025 6:45:05 AM PDT by miniTAX
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