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Humans might have been eating a lot more meat in the past when they were hunter-gatherers: it's just that their entire existence was centered around getting tha
by dasudasu 6y ago
Humans might have been eating a lot more meat in the past when they were hunter-gatherers: it's just that their entire existence was centered around getting that food. Look at Inuits and how little plant based food they consumed.
- simias 6y agoInuits are often used as a gotcha in support of meat-based diets but it doesn't really hold up to scrutiny. For one thing they're so often brought up because they're the exception, not the rule for human diets, their diet is a consequence of the very dire living conditions in the Arctics that makes agriculture impractical. For an other, their diet is not similar to your average meat lover in modern Europe or USA: a lot of fat, not a lot of carbs, meat is eaten raw (which changes its nutritional content), they eat organs and skin (not just the flesh): >Vitamins and minerals which are typically derived from plant sources are nonetheless present in most Inuit diets. Vitamins A and D are present in the oils and livers of cold-water fishes and mammals. Vitamin C is obtained through sources such as caribou liver, kelp, muktuk, and seal brain; because these foods are typically eaten raw or frozen, the vitamin C they contain, which would be destroyed by cooking, is instead preserved. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit_cuisine#Nutrition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit_cuisine#Nutrition
- Pyramus 6y agoAlso from the same article: "However, actual evidence has shown that Inuit have a similar prevalence of coronary artery disease as non-Inuit populations and they have excessive mortality due to cerebrovascular strokes, with twice the risk to that of the North American population." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit_cuisine#Nutrition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit_cuisine#Nutrition