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WHEREMODERNEATINGHABITSCOMEFROM
Ifyouwouldliketobetterunderstandwhathaschangedinthe
wayweeatoverthelast10-20yearsandwhythesechangesare
leadingtoincreasingobesityandrelateddiseases,itisbestto
startattheverybeginning.
Youwillprobablyfindithardtobelieve,buttheeatingand
physicalactivityhabitsofpeopleinprimitivetimeshave
unfortunatelyinfluencedwhattheyshouldlooklikeinmodern
people.
Peoplelivedinsmalltribesforthousandsofyears.Everydaythey
huntedthegamethatgrazedinthegrasslands.Inthisway,they
providedthemselveswithgoodfats(whichnowadaysareno
longerprovidedbyartificiallyfedpoultryandcattle)andlean
meat.Inaddition,theyharvestedwholefruitandvegetables.
Throughdailygatheringandhunting,theyhad-whetherthey
wantedtoornot-agreatdealofphysicalactivity,which
consumedagreatdealofenergy.Asyoucaneasilyconclude-
physicalactivitywaspartoftheirdailylife.
Theyweremostfondofcertainfatty,saltyandsweetfoods,
whosenutritionalpropertieshelpedthemtosurvive.Thefact
thattheylikedfattymeatpromptedthemtohuntfatgame,
whosemeat-obviously-wasmorefillingthanthatoflean,small
animalsandwasagoodsourceofprotein.Animalfathelped
themstoreenergyandsustaincertainbodilyfunctionsand
structures,including,forexample,thenervoussystem.The
sweetfoodsavailableatthetimeweremainlyfruitand
vegetables.Theypickedberries,whichwereandstillarearich
sourceofvitamins,othernutrients,andfibre.Ontheotherhand,
thesaltinsaltyfoodswasalreadythenneededforcellfunction
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