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It's more likely that higher rates of tooth decay started when humans began grinding grains finely enough to make such things as refined flour, and refined suga
by illumin8 16y ago
It's more likely that higher rates of tooth decay started when humans began grinding grains finely enough to make such things as refined flour, and refined sugars. The paleolithic diet did not include such things, which easily become food for bacteria that lives in the mouth and causes tooth decay.
- eru 16y agoDo you have any data on how many teeth they found per mouth in remains of paleolithic people?
- Evgeny 16y agoThere is a classic work of Weston A. Price "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration" exactly on the topic, except that he studied the living people - tribes all over the world, who still do not eat processed foods etc. http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html
- Shooter 16y agohttp://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/10/18/130654483/starchy-wild-plants-added-carbs-to-ancient-man-s-meaty-diet?sc=tw&cc=share http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/10/18/130654483/starchy...