How Good Is Our Modern Diet?
How Good Is Our Modern Diet?
How Good Is Our Modern Diet?
When we think about our primitive ancestors, the men and women who walked the world millions of years ago, it is tempting to think of them as weak and malnourished, deprived of modern food sources and always on the verge of starvation. It is also tempting to think of modern humans as benefiting from the best nutrition ever, to think that we stand at the peak of nutritional excellence, and that we have only improved matters ever since. However, the truth is not so clear. In today's article we'll explore how things have changedand not always for the better.
Studies have shown that primitive man spent much of his day foraging and hunting, and the rest of it at liesure. He ate from a wide variety of sources, with food being derived from all manners of vegetables, fruits, meat and insects. He exercised daily in the procurement of these food sources, and was as a result in greater health than we are today.
Today, we eat a wide variety of processed foods, but very few whole foods. Think over your last week. How many vegetable and fruit varieties did you eat? Most people will have eaten very few, having chosen to consume only the most basic of options such as bananas and apples, and many won't even have eaten those. Instead, many people have diets today that include such things as an excess of salt, sugar, and fat, most of which is derived from processed food sources.
That is why so many people today are obese or diabetic. That is why the number of illness related deaths is growing, while the number of athletic activities that people pursue are increasingly practiced by fewer people.
This is all a stark reminder that many of our dietary choices today are inferior to that practiced by human beings before the advent of agriculture. It behooves us then to learn about the way our ancestors used to eat, and seek to emulate their diets as best we can so as to increase our general health and remain healthier and alive for longer. So hang in there and eat better!
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