What Our Ancestors Ate
Meat. It does a body good.
No wait, that's milk.
Too bad most milk does a body bad. Of course that makes for poor advertising. But I digress.
Should you eat meat?
Countless debates have raged over the issue of consuming animal flesh for food.
My take on the issue is based on opinion, personal experience and clinical fact.
What Our Ancestors Ate
There a dozen books on the subject of "Paleolithic nutrition", or eating the way our ancestors ate.
While the details remain open to debate, most authorities agree that the caveman ate his fair share of meat.
In his book "The Warrior Diet", Ori Hofmekler makes some rather bold claims regarding this fact. He points out that the caveman ate not only the meat from wild game, but also the intestines, eyes, liver...you name it.
That is pretty gross to me, but there was not aDenny's around the corner. And I am not surethat would be much better, come to think of it.
But there is a catch.
The meat from those days, even the meat from as little as a hundred years ago, has changed quite a bit.
Cows are fed hormones these days. Just as bad, they are fed excessive amounts of grain.
Cows are herbivores. They are not designed to eat grain.
Grain contributes to major problems in the fat distribution within the meat.
Once, the Omega 3 to Omega 6 ratio (these are essential fatty acids) was about 1:1 or 1:2. Now, with the advent of engineered cattle, it is more like 1:20 or higher.
This is the primary reason that excessive beef can cause heart issues. It is not the meat itself as much as what we humans have done to the meat.
Yea or Nay on Meat?
So am I saying not to eat meat? No. However, I am also saying that only certain people should eat meat.
There is ample evidence that we have evolved over time to eat meat. Our teeth are designed to tear flesh, for example. Our digestive system is more like canine than any other animal, and we all know what dogs prefer.
Others should definitely not eat meat. Those of you with religious or spiritual convictions on the matter, and some folks who simply do not digest and utilize animal products very well should obviously avoid meat entirely.
Others may simply not like the taste.
But some people actually need meat to feel healthy and strong. I am definitely in that camp.
How do you tell if your body is more of a meat- eater or more of a plant and starch-eater? Start by role modeling.
Coming up next:
"Making Meat Work For You" - click here to be notified!
Jon Benson
Creator, Fit over 40
No wait, that's milk.
Too bad most milk does a body bad. Of course that makes for poor advertising. But I digress.
Should you eat meat?
Countless debates have raged over the issue of consuming animal flesh for food.
My take on the issue is based on opinion, personal experience and clinical fact.
What Our Ancestors Ate
There a dozen books on the subject of "Paleolithic nutrition", or eating the way our ancestors ate.
While the details remain open to debate, most authorities agree that the caveman ate his fair share of meat.
In his book "The Warrior Diet", Ori Hofmekler makes some rather bold claims regarding this fact. He points out that the caveman ate not only the meat from wild game, but also the intestines, eyes, liver...you name it.
That is pretty gross to me, but there was not aDenny's around the corner. And I am not surethat would be much better, come to think of it.
But there is a catch.
The meat from those days, even the meat from as little as a hundred years ago, has changed quite a bit.
Cows are fed hormones these days. Just as bad, they are fed excessive amounts of grain.
Cows are herbivores. They are not designed to eat grain.
Grain contributes to major problems in the fat distribution within the meat.
Once, the Omega 3 to Omega 6 ratio (these are essential fatty acids) was about 1:1 or 1:2. Now, with the advent of engineered cattle, it is more like 1:20 or higher.
This is the primary reason that excessive beef can cause heart issues. It is not the meat itself as much as what we humans have done to the meat.
Yea or Nay on Meat?
So am I saying not to eat meat? No. However, I am also saying that only certain people should eat meat.
There is ample evidence that we have evolved over time to eat meat. Our teeth are designed to tear flesh, for example. Our digestive system is more like canine than any other animal, and we all know what dogs prefer.
Others should definitely not eat meat. Those of you with religious or spiritual convictions on the matter, and some folks who simply do not digest and utilize animal products very well should obviously avoid meat entirely.
Others may simply not like the taste.
But some people actually need meat to feel healthy and strong. I am definitely in that camp.
How do you tell if your body is more of a meat- eater or more of a plant and starch-eater? Start by role modeling.
Coming up next:
"Making Meat Work For You" - click here to be notified!
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