The sugar problem

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  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
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    NovusDies wrote: »
    sheloves89 wrote: »
    Makaiookami wrote: »
    I'm just suggesting we should eat more like most humans have throughout most of human history ever since we started to go away from herbivorism to scavengers, and then hunters. We don't need sharp teeth, WE INVENTED ON DEMAND FIRE!

    There is evidence we've been eating bread for 14,000 years (at least). Imagine the life of a typical hunter/gatherer. We aren't fast. We don't have strong jaws. We don't have very much protection, so if something bites us first, we're in trouble. Our hunting strategy focused entirely on our stamina. We could out-jog a deer. That's it. They'd panic and sprint and we'd set off at a jog behind them, and eventually they'd be so exhausted with their bouts of sprinting that we could kill them. Even after we developed things like spears and arrows, our strategy didn't change a whole lot - we would hit them so they bled, and jog after them until they bled out (ideally this wouldn't take long).

    I always wonder why in these discussions eating like "early man" doesn't include eating a very large amount of insects like maggots.

    Here in Oaxaca we do. Chapulines (grasshoppers), gusanos (grubs) and Chicatanas (a very large ant) are all part of the cuisine. Quite honestly, some of them are good. Especially Chapulines!

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