Thanks to Scientific American‘s Guest Blog feature for this interesting fodder for thought.
The “True” Human Diet
From the standpoint of paleoecology, the so-called Paleo diet is a myth
People have been debating the natural human diet for thousands of years, often framed as a question of the morality of eating other animals. The lion has no choice, but we do. Take the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras, for example: “Oh, how wrong it is for flesh to be made from flesh!” The argument hasn’t changed much for ethical vegetarians in 2,500 years, but today we also have Sarah Palin, who wrote in Going Rogue: An American Life, Continue reading