Nathaniel Dominy PhD. and the True Human Diet.

[DrJCMoubarac]

...except maybe the artic (7:38); well, dont leave this aside; explain it...!

[DrJCMoubarac]

Researchers think the true human diet is defined in terms of macronutrients or type of foods.Holistic understanding of the evidence informs us that an optimal diet would be composed of 2 features: 1) diversity of foods and 2) low level of processing. Humans groups developed adequate diets in various ecological niches; with various animal to plant ratios; some populations are tolerant to lactose, other to starc..depending on the history of their food systems. Key is a low processed diverse diet.

[PaleoAthletics]

brain

[PaleoAthletics]

The gradual brain size increase is completely wrong. I don't know where you got your PhD but unless my 101 classes are not teaching the truth (and they made up half the semester and the fossil record). Sahelanthropus Tachadensis brain size 350cc 6-7 mya. Australopithecus Afarensis 380-430 cc 3-4 mya Australopithecus Sediba 420-450 2 mya. Early Hominids Brain size did not change that much over that period of time. ANIMAL fat and protein which condensed calories allowed the developed of the

[cjwoi812]

everyone always forgets about sea foods.surely early hominids ate easily obtainable shellfish.then there is the insect proteins(which are actually highly fatty).early hoinids were probably consuming large amounts of insects.think grubs and such.so fruit ,tubers,fish and insect.

[Momlady1]

I have watched intelligent people debate the "correct" diet for decades. Personally, I feel stronger, happier and can go longer between meals when my primary foods are vegetables, fatty meats and eggs, fruit, nuts, and almost no grains. Fats, especially, make the difference for me, but it seems important NOT to combine fats with starch, because as starches are easier to break down, that's when the fats build up. This diet seems to be increasing my personal health. As for what people ate 2000

[wfearn]

If this is so then why are we told vegetarians lack in essential proteins,minerals and vitamins and should supplement their diet?

I would love to belief that plants in what ever form would give us access to a complete diet. It would be cheaper too!

[1imesub]

I always found it difficult to believe that meat consumption led to larger brain size/higher intelligence. If that were true, how come vegetarians tend to have higher IQ's than meat eaters? Also, if that were true, how come carnivorous animals don't have large brains? The meat argument just doesn't hold up.

[PrimalToad1]

@1imesub Vegetarians have higher IQ's than meat eaters? Really? Show me the evidence - please! I'm begging to know. Because, well, I eat meat. Why? Its nutrient dense. It makes me feel awesome. It gives me energy. It lowers my risk for heart disease and any other disease and cancer. It's enjoyable to eat. And more.

[82Bdog]

@PrimalToad1 Lowers your risk for heart disease?? LOL where did you hear something that foolish?

[ezerfernandes]

@1imesub Gee, your argument is just dumb. Suppose that vegetarians in average have higher IQ than meat eaters. Correlation is not causation. Vegetarians may be people, in average, more educated than meat eaters. It wouldn't mean that meat eating leads to lower IQ.

[1imesub]

@ezerfernandes Correlation is very important. It yields clues as to what's going on behind the scenes. People who eat animal products develop plaques in their arteries which eventually restrict blood flow to vital organs, like the brain. Furthermore, the brain runs on glucose, and people eating animal products are not supplying the brain with adequate glucose for which to fully utilize it's capacity. Get your energy from plants and thrive; eat an unnatural diet of meat and make yourself sick.

[ezerfernandes]

@1imesub You're giving an example of causation, not correlation, and I don't know any controlled study demonstrating that vegetarianism leads to a higher IQ or better health. On the contrary. Animal food IS necessary, at least if you don't supplement with vitamin B12 (and I'm sure our ancestors didn't).

[1imesub]

@ezerfernandes The B12 argument is weak. We don't eat naturally anymore; our food is cleaned of the B12 which is naturally present on the skins of all plants, in the soil and on unwashed hands. Animal foods are not necessary by any means. That way of thinking is rooted in misinformation and outdated theories. On the contrary, including meat in your diet is an unwise decision as doing so causes health problems galore

99% of people with B12 deficiency eat meat

Go plant-based and you'll thrive

[ezerfernandes]

@1imesub You don't have presented any evidence to support your arguments. In fact, the China study, that is usually presented as evidence against meat consumption, is debunked by a more careful analysis of its data, as wonderfully made by Denise Minger at rawfoodsos (The China Study section)

[1imesub]

@ezerfernandes Don't just drop names, that's weak. Make an argument supporting your position.

[ToolsnFire]

@1imesub test your theory, - which is not supported by any established human regional population, nor even individuals for the long term unsupplemented, - by living out in the wild without animal products, and, even more challenging, without fire and cooking.

[ToolsnFire]

@1imesub it's not just the issue of animal products, even more so is the issue of tool and fire technology, and cooking. You put those together, you make a substantial influence on physical, social, and biological development.

[ToolsnFire]

@1imesub and yes, plant foods are still a substantial important and vital part of the human diet, but not exculsively.

[1imesub]

@ToolsnFire You're clueless

[ToolsnFire]

@1imesub, it's clear that you are brainwashed. I understand, I'm very experienced on both sides of the exclusionary factions. Hopefully your body is a rare case of true adaptation to an 'exclusionary' non human diet, such as veganism/801010/raw/etc. But even still then there's the issue of isolationism, which you may be best with anyhow.

[1imesub]

@ToolsnFire So you have no moral conscience... doesn't effect me.

[ToolsnFire]

@1imesub something's affecting you. I have good moral conscience. You need help.  Learning is the standard path. Learn and thrive.

[1imesub]

@ToolsnFire You are a petty fool; nothing more.

[ToolsnFire]

@1imesub but, you're the one who communicates like a petty fool, nothing more. Interesting. Your character profile is fairly clear now.

[1imesub]

@ToolsnFire You're a self-righteous clown. Get over yourself.

[ToolsnFire]

@1imesub You're talking about yourself, not me, you're being the self-righteous clown, the petty fool, without good moral conscience. You need help for real.

[sevellian]

It seems as if Dr. McDougall is directly combating the Paleo diet school of thought that early humans ate primarily meat. If so, please keep it up! The Paleo diet is the main opposition to a plant-based diet today, displacing the Atkins diet as the most popular proponent of an animal-based diet. I myself once subscribed to the Paleo diet because I was persuaded by its anthropological argument. With Dominy and others' evidence, Paleo's last convincing argument can be defeated.

[ezerfernandes]

@sevellian The paleo diet doesn't necessarily have high consumption of meat. For instance, check the Perfect Health Diet (google it), a great example of a paleo diet that aren't high in meat. I myself eat a paleo-like diet low in meat (though I highly prize moderate meat consumption, especially organ meat, as a form of obtaining minerals and vitamins).

[1imesub]

@ezerfernandes Fat soluble vitamins are the worst type you can possibly eat. Along with those vitamins, you're getting lots of fat soluble toxins. Your body does best on clean pro-vitamins found in plants, not fat soluble vitamins which are themselves toxic in excess. You also neglect thousands of phyto-nutrients when you choose to get your calories from dead animals. Plants are the superior source for everything the human body needs.

[101011001]

Fruits grow year round in the tropics which if you examine human anatomy is where we come from. We can't tolerate cold very well--that is until we invented clothing and fire. So obviously we are originally from warm areas. I believe humans would have originally eaten mostly fruit and vegetation with perhaps a very small (less than 5%) amount of animal products like eggs and meat (never dairy from other animals though).

[101011001]

@101011001 However modern humans have absolutely no need to eat ANY animal products.