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Heart disease has also increased with sugar consumption. Older cultures that ate primarily meat, but not a western diet also showed almost no heart disease.
by zngtk4 17y ago
Heart disease has also increased with sugar consumption. Older cultures that ate primarily meat, but not a western diet also showed almost no heart disease.
- Devilboy 17y agoOlder cultures also didn't live to their 70s like we do now so I'm not convinced that this is a good counter-example.
- zngtk4 17y agoI agree, this is one of the biggest flaws with this line of reasoning. However, it does say something (although it's unclear what it means for us) that some of those cultures had less incidence of the diseases commonly associated with old age compared with nearby similar cultures that ate less or no meat.
- jshen 17y agocan you produce a controlled study backing up your assertion ;)
- kingkongrevenge 17y ago> Older cultures also didn't live to their 70s like we do now This isn't exactly true. There has never been much of a shortage of 75 year olds, excepting certain grindingly poor societies.