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+1. Undo the 10 millenia of evil.
by YUMad 7y ago
+1.
Undo the 10 millenia of evil.
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoOr ignore 10 millenia of evolution, if you want to look at it that way.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoPeople ignore that - we have clear evidence that you can adapt to drinking milk in that span of time, why is that people think we haven't otherwise adapted to an agrarian lifestyle that's existed just as long?
- beat 7y agoThe success of agrarian diets doesn't mean they are healthier than what might be called paleo. Rather, it has a host of other side effects - a larger, more stable food supply means a larger population. A large population means specialization. Farming means staying in one place, forming permanent communities and permanent tools/storage that can't necessarily be carried by hand. Agrarian societies can develop new technologies and field dedicated military forces. They can develop writing. Etc.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoBut if we acknowledge we adapted to it, we can't just assume that paleo is better for us strictly because it's "more natural" - we adapted to make milk natural for us to drink as well. And if we reject that - how can we say that our adaptation to a paleo diet is then better as it's part of our evolutionary tree?
- beat 7y agoNot everyone adapted to milk. Lactose intolerance is widespread, and even more common with people whose ancestors did not have a dairy culture.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoOh absolutely, but the people who were exposed to the new diet did. We can and have adapted that quickly.