Yes, perhaps I should be a little clearer. When I say eat what your ancient ancestors ate I don’t intend for say someone who’s ancestors who ate whale meat and blubber to try to find and eat that exact same food. Instead what I’m suggesting is that we eat the same proportions of protein, fat and carbohydrates in our diets as our ancient ancestors did. You can also find the closest analogue that is available to the traditional foods.
In terms of how far back to look – for me I went as far back as I needed to before I struck what was the standard diet based upon food availability in tune with the changing seasons that had remained relatively unchanged for a long time. This is going to be different for different peoples. Even if you only go back to early farming in the land of your heritage that is a good start as they would have begun cultivation with the foods that were already at hand.
Obviously to do the above takes time and effort in terms of research and thinking for yourself. It’s a bit more involved then buying some diet book (of which there are thousands, many conflicting) and read about a diet that worked for the author or a specific set of test subjects. If all those diet books worked for everyone obesity would be a thing of the past. Instead the opposite is obviously happening.
As far as an Eskimo living in Florida – that person may have flown in a modern airplane or caught buses and trains to get where they are. Their body is not going to change because they moved location in the span of a day or two. Adaptation takes many generations. So they should eat what their body is made to eat. If they want to be healthy that is.
Stephen
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