Vegan Neanderthals? The truth about the real Neanderthal diet
A typical representation of Neanderthals pictures them as killing the woolly mammoth. However a dental plaque tells a different story about the Neanderthal diet
The humans omnivores dilemma- Meat consumption, probiotic bacteria, inflammation, and the gut
Are humans omnivores in a true anatomical sense? There is a fundamental difference in the way the digestive tract works in plant vs meat-eating species.
Cause of Obesity- Maladaptation or addiction
What is the cause of obesity epidemic? For all life on Earth, food is not a choice. The hardest thing for the animal in the wilderness is to gain weight.
Environmental toxicity- It is just a food chain
Environmental toxicity is the bioaccumulation of toxins. Organisms are filters. But there is one more even worse process called biomagnification in food chain.
Inflammation and diet- Vegan argument
We evolved to receive a burst of protective antioxidants when we eat but there are not present in meat. Inflammation and diet have a high level of correlation.
Brain size, intelligence and meat consumption- The vegan argument
Combining some amount of foraged meat to the predominantly vegan diet did not become a pivotal force in the emergence of human intelligence and brain size.
Paleo diet- No meat in sight
Humans evolved for 50 million years from plant-eating mammals. Hunting is not natural hominin activity. The Paleo diet only existed for the last 200,000 years.
Carnism- The psychology of meat consumption
Meat-eating is the culture that is learned. Actual carnivores would eat any meat no matter what it is, including carrion. In our system, we would eat only a few animals that we deem as food.
