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Don't bring history into this! In any case, thousands of years of evolution, boom and bust cycles of metabolism, show that having excess fat stores is very, ve
by DiscourseFan 3y ago
Don't bring history into this!
In any case, thousands of years of evolution, boom and bust cycles of metabolism, show that having excess fat stores is very, very useful when you have to go months without regular sustenance. Those are the people we're descended from, not the ones who have "fast" metabolisms. It leads to problems later in life, sure, but not before one reproduces!
- chiefalchemist 3y ago> "Don't bring history into this" Why? How we came to be impacts how we deal with today. This is one of the problems...denial. That is, denial that where we came from has little to do with where we are. > "when you have to go months without regular sustenance" And this happens how often in modern times? Most people can't skip a meal, let alone go a couple of days or more without eating.
- DiscourseFan 3y agoIts not happening now, but I don't think its reasonable to expect that food shortages won't be a norm in the coming years if there isn't serious political change in the world.