My thoughts on nutrition, sexual health, etc.

[UgluksMightySpear]

Not exactly dieting in the past, its just a fact our bodies have not changed in the last 10,000 years (we still do not produce phytase to handle grain consumption which we have cultivated as a food source since the settlement of man, plus we have only had around 70 generations in this time as opposed to the 300+ generations of nomadic peoples.) We have stone age bodies in a modern world, something that is often dismissed as crazy even if true. Is technology good, you bet. Is it bad, affirmative there too. A lot can be gained from remembering and accepting where we come from.

[CUSP82]

And somehow we survived all this time by eating healthy ( because they didn't have chips and wings back then) without supplementing ourselves to death.

[closed224]

It is also very frustrating to me that nutritious food is touted as coming from 70 years ago, but not today. We live longer, grow bigger, do more than ever. I know I am against most modern food practices also. I prefer my garden produce, and my deer and elk meat, but all this about how much better is was in the past is simply not supported by the evidence. We have been eating grains for a very long time. Native cultures for as far back as evidence can be found were eating grains. Also meats, fruits, and in my mind anything they could gather or kill. When you eat to survive, and don't have time for these silly conjectures we all engage in you will eat just about any thing. I don't dispute the value of minerals and vitamins, I dispute the presumption that nutrition was better, even 50 years ago when I was born. I know damn certain that I have way more nutritious options available to me now than I had as a kid.

[frostgian]

It's too bad we don't know what stone-age people ate, or even why they developed agricultural societies in the first place. As far as I know, ancient humans spent less time foraging than modern humans spend working, and had more time for leisure? Interesting topic!

[CUSP82]

If you go to most supplement websites that is exactly what they say; the stuff we eat is not what it was. Now if you don't give a carrot what it needs to grow you don't end up with much of a carrot do you? You end up with a skinny carrot with no color which you wouldn't eat. So if the carrot forms correctly then it must have ingested from the soil all it needs to be a carrot or else it would end up being something else. It's called marketing but it sounds really really good.

[Dangler]

Krill Oil versus Fish Oil ?

[CUSP82]

Check the amount of omega 3 in fish oil as compared to krill ( and they different types- look for epa/dha concentrations)

[closed224]

What is a Krill?

[CUSP82]

A cute little bity fishy that whales eat.

[UgluksMightySpear]

But the truth is we don't put back what gets removed from the soil and soil testing from the past and soil testing from today provides the evidence. We have convenience and "healthy" options a plenty but that does not make it better than it was. Also ancient man may have eaten some grain but typically as a last resort. Some plant chemicals taste just aweful for starters. Also have you noticed grass going to seed? Not what I would call a meal as opposed to the blades of grass surrounding it. Fossil evidence gives us insight into what man once ate. Meat and vegetation being most predominate (the benign vegetation that is either not necesarry for species propegation or the fruit that provides an appealing package for the seed to be taken and discarded elsewhere, hopefully with dung fertilizer). Also there is breakdown of elements in the soil naturally but it is a hard process and takes time and the yearly replenish to a field is far less than what is removed. Most farmers rely on inorganic fertilizers to attempt to make up for soil mineral deficiencies. This isn't to say no one does it right, but commonly practiced farming is heavily flawed. Sure you get a carrot but that does not mean it is the best it could be. Minerals and light equate to plant energy and growth. It is the differnce between just surviving or being able to thrive. I'm not telling you to supplement your balls off, just providing fact that is backed by current research to help you all enjoy the best health you deserve to have. Also a note on longevity, ancient man lived long barring unavoidable factors. Plus most 70 year old's fossils have better bone mineral density than many elite athletes in their 20s. Statistics are faulty (mom and dad live to be 80 but had two still borns. This group only has an average age of 40).