The idea of early man as a hunter-gatherer is a myth. The earliest archeological digs show no signs of plant foods. Back then, the "foods" we think of as plant foods today did not exist. They have all been gentically selected over a long period of time to make them more palatable to humans.
Humans were hunters. They may have started out as scavengers, but they soon became hunters. Humans did not eat much of any plant foods until it became necessary, around 10,000-20,000 years ago, when the big animals were killed off -- and the interglacial period of the current ice age began.
Fast forward to ancient Egypt (5,000 years ago), and they ate a lot of bread. They also have the worst teeth of any people examined. Plant foods rot the human teeth, due to the sugar.
When Weston Price traveled the world looking at the diets of primitive people, about 100 years ago, he was hoping to find vegetarians in great health, because he was a vegetarian and he thought it was a healthy diet.
Instead, he found no vegetarians at all, and in every case, the people who ate the most meat were by far the healthiest.
I remember reading about a tribe that tried to eat only grains. It was some sort of bread they were making. They almost all died out, until they started adding milk.
That's just how it is. Our stomach and digestive track is all geared towards eating meat, but with the added ability to get by on plants if necessary. But we are primarily meat eaters.
The idea of early man as a hunter-gatherer is a myth. The earliest archeological digs show no signs of plant foods. Back then, the "foods" we think of as plant foods today did not exist. They have all been gentically selected over a long period of time to make them more palatable to humans.
Humans were hunters. They may have started out as scavengers, but they soon became hunters. Humans did not eat much of any plant foods until it became necessary, around 10,000-20,000 years ago, when the big animals were killed off -- and the interglacial period of the current ice age began.
Fast forward to ancient Egypt (5,000 years ago), and they ate a lot of bread. They also have the worst teeth of any people examined. Plant foods rot the human teeth, due to the sugar.
When Weston Price traveled the world looking at the diets of primitive people, about 100 years ago, he was hoping to find vegetarians in great health, because he was a vegetarian and he thought it was a healthy diet.
Instead, he found no vegetarians at all, and in every case, the people who ate the most meat were by far the healthiest.
I remember reading about a tribe that tried to eat only grains. It was some sort of bread they were making. They almost all died out, until they started adding milk.
That's just how it is. Our stomach and digestive track is all geared towards eating meat, but with the added ability to get by on plants if necessary. But we are primarily meat eaters.