> If I couldn't grow it or raise it 100 years ago, I don't want to eat it Humans have been barbecuing meat for millennia. Possibly even before Homo Sapiens Sap

> If I couldn't grow it or raise it 100 years ago, I don't want to eat it Humans have been barbecuing meat for millennia. Possibly even before Homo Sapiens Sapiens was around. And yet, it has carcinogenic properties, specially if charred. What's so special about 100 years ago anyway? 1000 might make a difference - but then again, life expectancy wasn't that great back then. It's only because we are living so much that cancer is such a large problem. Also because, due to modern medicine, we can often diagnose the person before they just get sick and die from 'unknown' reasons. Your best bet is to eat food from as many different sources as you can and not eat too much of any single specific thing (which is a modern thing btw, 100 years ago, it wouldn't be as easy to do) and let averages do the rest.