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"Now, should you eat mostly vegetables, a little fruit, lean protein and some healthy fats while skipping the processed foods and sugars? Yeah, but stop acting
by monochr 12y ago
"Now, should you eat mostly vegetables, a little fruit, lean protein and some healthy fats while skipping the processed foods and sugars? Yeah, but stop acting like you're getting back to something from the "cave days.""
Literally none of that is true, these are just old diet fads that have become folk knowledge.
People have managed to survive for thousands of years in the arctic circle eating nothing but fatty foods, people have survived in the fertile crescent for thousands of years eating nothing but cereals for thousands of years.
The human body can adapt to just about any sort of food.
What people nowhere have adapted to do is sit in a chair for 14 hours a day and not move.
- blisterpeanuts 12y agoAgreed that the human body is adaptable, but I would argue that it's also adaptable to an idle lifestyle of 14 hrs/day in a chair. There are many examples of individuals with indolent lifestyles or office jobs who are living well into their 70s and beyond. My own father is an example - never walked, never exercised, smoked for 50 years - and is pushing 90, albeit not in great health but mentally still sound. I think most of us would enjoy a better quality of life if we ate optimally and stayed active, but genetics seems to be a key factor nonetheless; luck of the draw.
- wavefunction 12y agoI like how you totally ignore my point, then rephrase it as your own. I explicitly said that there was no "cave diet" or any other diet. Then I expressed what I believe to be the healthiest diet there is. There are people living off cheetos and ding-dongs with cola their only beverage, but that doesn't mean much with regard to what I'm talking about. Humans can live off