Beltic?!?!?!

[VillaJ100]

I think some people might be better placed to digest red meat, the same as everything else. Most of the world apart from those of western European descent are lactose intolerant. Many have trouble processing gluten. Some scholars think when hominids decided to eat meat it enabled our brains to develop, with the sudden added protein in the diet.

The key to diets is BALANCED. remember, sugars are a very new phenomenon in our diet. How many people find apples sweet? No one anymore as we have too much sugar, and which isn't natural like fructose. Yet give someone poor who lived 200 years ago a mint imperial and they would probably faint from the sugar. Having a steak, chops lamb etc as part of a balanced meal even every few days isn't likely to cause harm. Same for processed food but the least you eat of these the better. I think ancient people lived probably close to a pescatarian diet, 90 percent of animal protein coming from fish and seafood, and 5 percent from bugs and critters (most of the world still consumes insects) and the other 5 from some big ritual hunt to kill a auroch or something. It's easy to correlate when you see most prehistoric sites are located close to the river or coast.

I don't think humans are designed to eat a wholly vegan diet, partly because of vitamin B12 deficiency from eating no animal or dairy products that would happen if vegan foods and cereals were not fortified with the vitamin. It's pretty much only obtainable from animal sources, apart from like eating a pound of legumes a day or something. Beltic probably knows more though

[SlicerITST]

I think some people might be better placed to digest red meat, the same as everything else. Most of the world apart from those of western European descent are lactose intolerant. Many have trouble processing gluten. Some scholars think when hominids decided to eat meat it enabled our brains to develop, with the sudden added protein in the diet.

The key to diets is BALANCED. remember, sugars are a very new phenomenon in our diet. How many people find apples sweet? No one anymore as we have too much sugar, and which isn't natural like fructose. Yet give someone poor who lived 200 years ago a mint imperial and they would probably faint from the sugar. Having a steak, chops lamb etc as part of a balanced meal even every few days isn't likely to cause harm. Same for processed food but the least you eat of these the better. I think ancient people lived probably close to a pescatarian diet, 90 percent of animal protein coming from fish and seafood, and 5 percent from bugs and critters (most of the world still consumes insects) and the other 5 from some big ritual hunt to kill a auroch or something. It's easy to correlate when you see most prehistoric sites are located close to the river or coast.

I don't think humans are designed to eat a wholly vegan diet, partly because of vitamin B12 deficiency from eating no animal or dairy products that would happen if vegan foods and cereals were not fortified with the vitamin. It's pretty much only obtainable from animal sources, apart from like eating a pound of legumes a day or something. Beltic probably knows more though

To me this post knocks it out of the park really. Id like to add something on the sugar intake you mention. A friend of mine was raised without sugar. Staying away from non-organic sugars and tried to avoid organic sugars as well. If you give him a sugar cube in his tea his energy level just explodes. If you didnt know this you'd say he was having some sort of attack. Really freaky to see.

Thats all i really want to say on this topic. Ive already had my say in the previous topic concerning this subject.

[Rob ITST]

I'm the same way with caffeine - I hardly ever have any, so if I drink a cup of coffee I feel like I just snorted cocaine.

[VillaJ100]

I' the same way with caffeine - I hardly ever have any, so if I drink a cup of coffee I feel like I just snorted cocaine.

Haha! It's true. Hell, and can you imagine why Coca Cola was so renowned when it came out, and laced with sugar caffeine AND cocaine? 'nerve tonic' my ass. that stuff would blow you out of the water!

[SlicerITST]

So, i was watching a sort of documentary yesterday. It was about the decision making in Brussels. Each week they pick a different subject to show you how it works in the EU offices. This week they showed how a research by the green party got hijacked by other parties. Where the rapport stated that to combat Europe's dependence on soy import we should support the growth of Soy products in Europe. Although this would probably anger America (1 of 4 nations supplying us with Soy) it would stop deforresting in Argentina and Brazil. In the end it was decided to put the door open for looser GMO (genetically modified) rules. This is bad because we give this soy to our livestock. 80% of their soy intake comes from countries with lower GMO standards.

I think deforresting on the present scale just to meet our insanely high consumer demands is insane. So, i was almost converted. I almost turned vegetarian to combat our demand for soy. But then i realized id have to substitute this part of my diet and i couldnt think of any way how. Thats because there isnt.

Maybe the more shocking realisation is that in 2050 Europe cannot meet the food demand from its inhabitants as long as we do not lower our demand or lower our standards (environmental and GMO standards).