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>how could we have possibly made it as long as we have as a species if we are only now realizing that we can't eat enough good foods to be healthy? Partly due
by trukterious 8y ago
>how could we have possibly made it as long as we have as a species if we are only now realizing that we can't eat enough good foods to be healthy?
Partly due to agricultural soil depletion of certain elements like magnesium, zinc, iodine.
Btw our prehistoric ancestors weren't especially healthy either:
https://imgur.com/gallery/2G0BDwx https://imgur.com/gallery/2G0BDwx
- Matrixik 8y ago> Partly due to agricultural soil depletion of certain elements like magnesium, zinc, iodine. Well, maybe yes or maybe no https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889157516302113 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S088915751...
- apocolyps6 8y agoIt wasn't poor health killing people at 30. The leading cause of death at that age was hunting accidents. Besides that and the high infant mortality, people otherwise lived to ~70.