RE: OT ish:: Grains in Human Evolution

[Guest guest]

Read page 452 in the, "Nourishing Traditions" cookbook, It's interesting. It states basically that our ancestors ate soaked or fermented grains, so the grains our ancestors ate were already digested or partially digested before they were consumed. We never completely digested them to begin with. Cultures of some other countries fix their grains this way today.

BTW, I found this book at my local library.

I'm not saying that we should get off of the SCD and start consuming soaked or fermented grains, I'm just saying that this was how we used to consume grains.

Another change we have made through the years is that we are not as physically active as our descendents were. The way I understand it, when you're physically active, you should allow yourself more carbs. Normally, I get about an hour a day of exercise but think about how much walking and working in crop fields, etc. our descendents did. An hour a day of exercise is still not enough compared to what our descendents did.

To: BTVC-SCD Sent: Sun, February 14, 2010 9:32:44 PMSubject: OT ish:: Grains in Human Evolution

I did math on a weekend! Of my own free will!! I figured out for what percentage of human existence grains have existed in our diet..96 % !!!!!I included all the time from when the first 'homo' species appeared to now. It's no wonder grains are so detrimental to some of us when they've only been a part of our diet for .96% of our whole existence.Peace =)Alyssa 15 yoUC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Chinese Herbs (not legal but helping!)

[Guest guest]

At 09:34 PM 2/14/2010, you wrote:

I'm not saying that we should

get off of the SCD and start consuming soaked or fermented grains, I'm

just saying that this was how we used to consume grains.

No, but once one has been symptom free for at least a year, assuming one

wanted to reintroduce them, I believe that might be the route to

take.

BTW, it was our ancestors who did all the work. Not our descendents.

<grin>

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

Thanks. I, too, agree with your diet info. below. That's what I've been planning to do when/if I'm not on SCD anymore. Before I found SCD, I made some fermented whole grain pancakes one morning and noticed that I didn't feel sleepy afterwards, so I know it's a good idea for me.

With regard to ancestors vs. descendents, I get confused with the two definitions as they look to be interchangeable in dictionary.com or maybe my mental alertness isn't good right now as I'm getting sleepy. I know that my mother did more physical work when she was young (based on what she has told me) than I did when I was young, and I believe her mother did more than her, and on up the ladder... Sorry for rambling.

To: BTVC-SCD Sent: Sun, February 14, 2010 11:29:59 PMSubject: Re: OT ish:: Grains in Human Evolution

At 09:34 PM 2/14/2010, you wrote:

I'm not saying that we should get off of the SCD and start consuming soaked or fermented grains, I'm just saying that this was how we used to consume grains. No, but once one has been symptom free for at least a year, assuming one wanted to reintroduce them, I believe that might be the route to take.BTW, it was our ancestors who did all the work. Not our descendents. <grin>

— Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

It is theorized that alcohol consumption was the driver for the

start of agriculture.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/features/did-a-thirst-for-beer-spark-civilization-1869187.html

<snip> According to archaeologist McGovern

this may have been the case when early man decided to start farming. Why humans

turned from hunting and gathering to agriculture could be the result of our

ancestors’ simple urge for alcoholic beverages.

From:

BTVC-SCD [mailto:BTVC-SCD ] On Behalf Of Alyssa

Luck

I did math on a weekend! Of my own free will!!

I figured out for what

percentage of human existence grains have existed in our diet.

..96 % !!!!!

I included all the time from when the first 'homo' species appeared to

now. It's no wonder grains are so detrimental to some of us when

they've only been a part of our diet for .96% of our whole existence.