Guest guest Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 Becoming vegetarian is basically a philosophical decision, not a nutritional decision, but even meat eaters have developed some principles. Human cannibalism, for the most part, is no longer acceptable in the world. As far as nutrition is concerned, we are the descendants of the survivors of the Toba volcanic eruption 75,000 years ago. From the homogeneity of the human genome, it is estimated that only around 15,000 humans survived this event. The Toba eruption provoked a global winter followed by a glaciation event that lasted several thousand years. The massive disruption of land vegetation by the cold temperatures must have forced the survivors to seek nourishment from the sea like the Esquimos. In retrospect, it may not be so strange that we need the fatty acids DHA and EPA found in fish for proper eye and brain development. This link discusses the Toba volcanic eruption and the effect on our human ancestors: http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/originals/Weber-Toba/ch5_bottleneck/textr5.htm Our nutritional requirements are governed by our ancestral genome. Tony http://www.scientificpsychic.com/etc/timeline/timeline.html In trying to decide what is best to eat, > > > > > > > > > > > > It just keeps getting better for plant eaters > > > > > > It just dawned on me you NEVER read headlines that say smthg like > > > " Beef prevents cancer " . Always veggies and fruit in the limelight. > > > > > > ps where is everybody? distressing the post count is way down?? > > > > > > Pectin may fuel fruits' cancer-fighting ability > > > Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:46pm EDT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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