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Name: 100 Million Years Of Food
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Author: Stephen Le

Stephen Le

What Our Ancestors Ate and Why It Matters Today

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'100 Million Years Of Food' by Stephen Le explores the evolution of the human diet and how it affects our health today. Le challenges modern food myths and offers insights on how to eat for optimal health.

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What’s in it for me? Learn about our complicated history with food.

Something is clearly wrong with our eating habits. Today, diet-related diseases plague the Western world. More people suffer from type 2 diabetes, obesity and food allergies, not to mention many forms of cancer, than ever before.

But what exactly is wrong with how we’re eating – and what should we be doing instead? The diets of our ancestors provide a few answers. They were generally much healthier than modern-day humans, so it’s no wonder that the last decade has witnessed a major uptick in caveman or paleo diets.

But to get a full picture we have to go back even further in time – starting with our earliest, tree-dwelling ancestors 100 million years ago and exploring how these forebears adapted to changing environments and diets. These blinks discuss whether the dietary choices of these distant progenitors would work for us today.

On this journey through human evolution, you’ll learn

why we should eat some bugs every now and then;
about a strange illness that affected mainly the well-off; and
why milk isn’t nearly as healthy as you may think.

The insect- and fruit-based diets of our early ancestors wouldn’t work for us today.

If one of our first ancestors walked into one of today’s supermarkets, he’d be stunned by the options. After all, the difference between the overflowing shelves of contemporary grocery stores and the dinnertime options available to our ancient ancestors could hardly be greater.

Our earliest ancestors, who emerged around 100 million years ago, lived in the trees of tropical forests and primarily ate insects. That might sound gross to us now, but insects are actually a calorie-rich source of vitamins and iron.

In fact, insects would still make a great addition to the modern human diet. But for us to attempt to live only on bugs wouldn’t be so smart. Our ancestors had enzymes that allowed them to break down the exoskeletons of insects, which are made of chitin, a substance that we can no longer digest. Another problem with eating bugs is that they can trigger allergies and produce harmful toxins.

But in moderation, the consumption of insects would be a great boon to modern food production. For instance, crickets produce about 50 percent less carbon dioxide than cows per pound and convert feed into calories 12 times more efficiently.

Nonetheless, our ancestors transitioned away from creepy crawlies around 60 million years ago. Around this time, the climate began cooling and, as the air grew more humid, the first fruit-bearing trees emerged.

During the same period, our ancestors lost the ability to synthesize vitamin C, which is essential to preventing cell damage. They only survived this change because they could get plenty of vitamin C from fruit.

So around 30 million years ago our ancestors became full-time fruit eaters. However, eating too much fruit can also be bad since fruit contains fructose, something our body can only metabolize so much of; overconsumption can lead to insulin resistance and pancreatic cancer.

The actor Ashton Kutcher learned this the hard way. When preparing to portray Steve Jobs, Kutcher followed the tech CEO’s fruitarian diet for a month. After just 30 days, Kutcher was hospitalized with pancreatic issues.

Meat, with both its benefits and costs, has played a major part in the history of the human species.

About two million years ago, our ancestors began migrating out of the trees and adapting to a terrestrial lifestyle. They started to look more human and their diets changed, too.

Around the same time, these early humans began hunting and foraging, eating more meat than they ever had before. As a result, their brains started growing rapidly.

Some cultures embraced meat substitutes, but they weren’t all healthy.

Nowadays, with all the choices available to us, it’s easy to eat a balanced vegetarian diet. But alternatives to red meat are nothing new. Our meat-loving ancestors even branched out. For instance, in many cultures, fish predominated, although not all people developed a taste for it.

Here’s how it happened:

Humans only began eating plants out of necessity.

All parents have insisted, at one time or another, that their kid eat her veggies. After all, veggies are healthy and packed with nutrients, right? Well, the truth is, most plants are actually unhealthy and many are even dangerous.

Why?

Rapid changes in diet and lifestyle have brought on new diseases.

The human body is surprisingly adaptable and we can get used to big dietary changes. But doing so can take many generations. The slow nature of this process posed a problem when food processing began to become the norm.

Humans, with little time to adapt to this change, suddenly faced a variety of new illnesses. For instance, in the second half of the nineteenth century, a frightening disease called beriberi emerged among the richer people of East and Southeast Asia. The affected patients presented with heart issues, mobility problems and mental confusion.

A few extra pounds might not be such a bad thing after all and caloric intake doesn’t explain your weight.

Did you know that Japanese people eat an average of 300 fewer calories per capita than Americans? That sounds healthy, but is it worth following their example?

Actually, there are upsides and downsides to limiting your caloric intake. For instance, the Japanese live longer than Americans, but that’s not proof that their way is better.

Dietary needs vary from person to person but eating can and should be a communal activity.

Imagine your friend invites you out to lunch at a buffet but you’re trying to eat healthily. Are you better off going for a bowl of oatmeal, some meatballs or just sticking with Prosecco? The answer is, it depends.

After all, most foods and beverages aren’t simply good or bad. Everyone is different and, to determine which foods are good for you, you need to consider your age, heritage and how much of any given thing you’ll eat.

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100 Million Years of Food (2016) is about the foods our ancestors ate and how that diet relates to our eating habits today. These blinks will take you way back in time to explore the evolution of eating. They’ll explain that, while there’s no one-size-fits-all diet, there are a few general rules to abide by.

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As it turns out, there is some scientific justification behind the connection between meat, mood, and sex.

—Stephen Le

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Anyone who is dissatisfied with their weight or health
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Über den Autor

Stephen Le is a visiting professor of Biology at the University of Ottawa. He holds a PhD in biological anthropology from UCLA. This is his first best seller.

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