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KenDBerryMD | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 The Med Diet has Never been shown to extend human life.
Humans have always eaten seeds/berries, when they couldn't get meat (aka starving)
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wymike | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 How do we know that they only ate seeds and berries if they couldn’t get meat / were starving? Surely the best we can say is that they did or did not eat them.
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wymike | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Another thought on this point, berries are pretty tasty (admittedly we have bread for that but even wild berries are still nice).  Wouldn’t our ancestors have thought the same and sought out food they found appealing?

If I’m a hunter gatherer trying to find some game and I walk past a patch of bilberries I’m going to stop and eat some.
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wymike | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Continuing my train of thought;
What is the evolutionary process that would lead to us enjoying sugar so much if it was only ever consumed as a last resort / were designed to only eat meat?