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I have a theory that our natural state is “hungry”. We haven’t evolved past a time where getting enough food to be “full” would be a pretty rare occurrence.
by bear141 3y ago
I have a theory that our natural state is “hungry”. We haven’t evolved past a time where getting enough food to be “full” would be a pretty rare occurrence. Everyone’s obsession with being perfectly comfortable at all times is why such an incredible amount of people die of obesity and its comorbitities every year in America.
- agumonkey 3y agoYeah I think so too. We were not made for comfort (especially not that amount, not that often), there needs to be a cycle between getting satisfaction and waiting/working for it.
- dontlaugh 3y agoPlenty of people lived entire lives without being hungry most of the time, but also without obesity being common.
- bear141 3y agoMy theory is fairly broad and vague, but your comment has taken those two things to an extreme.
- dontlaugh 3y agoI'm just pointing out that your theory is trivially disproven. An excess of comfort is probably still bad, but I doubt it's the main cause of obesity.
- agumonkey 3y agoIt all hinges on how we define comfort. A comfy villager 500 years ago, with fruits and meat nearby was probably never really hungry, but, I'd argue: - never the amount of processed calories at hand - had to consume these calories on a regular basis.. no vehicles, no powered tools except the occasional mill, most things required walking of lifting
- amanaplanacanal 3y agoObesity in the US didn’t really start taking off until the 1970s. There are plenty of people still alive from the before times. I believe that studies have been done, and people aren’t generally less active now than they were then.
- agumonkey 3y agoBut the generations prior didn't necessarily have a car. And a lot of jobs were manual labour. I know that since I dropped using a car I'm living very different days. Less fat, better cardio, more calm.