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TC - 12 Jul 2005 15:15 GMT
http://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/

Interesting show on PBS. The fellow made some very interesting points
about man's development since about 11,000 years ago and the advent of
agriculture.

The upshot is that man's development of grain agriculture gave him an
advantage and led to rapid development of society and technology. But
it wasn't necessarily the advantage of having the grains as a new
source of food for man that was the advantage, but having the grains as
a source of animal feed that enabled the domestication of farm animals
that led to the great advances in culture, etc.

Grains did not give us the advantage because of its value as a human
food but because of its value as an animal feed. It was the resulting
domestication of animals that was the real breakthrough.

Grain production allowed more productive and consistent meat
production, which led to man's modern development.

TC
Laurie - 05 Aug 2005 00:34 GMT
> Grain production allowed more productive and consistent meat
> production, which led to man's modern development.
   ... of "degenerative diseases"; pick your favorite at
http://www.ecologos.org/ttdd.html

   Laurie
RBR - 25 Aug 2005 23:09 GMT
>> Grain production allowed more productive and consistent meat
>> production, which led to man's modern development.
>    ... of "degenerative diseases"; pick your favorite at
>http://www.ecologos.org/ttdd.html
>
>    Laurie

Overlooking the fact that the web link above is a vegetarian/vegan
site with an agenda, I really didn't have to read past paragraph two:

"The "scientists" supporting the Big Four Food Group mythical
paradigm, although they may have some limited expertise in a narrow,
restricted field, are so ill-educated in the broader sense as to
actually believe that animal flesh, milk, eggs, and grains are useful
'foods' for our frugivorous ape species when there is not one iota of
scientifically credible evidence supporting these traditional,
profit-oriented beliefs.  In fact, all scientific evidence, not
unsupported opinion, refutes these beliefs. "

Once I saw the ridiculous remark by the author stating that humans are
frugivores, I knew any further reading was unnecessary and that this
site and its author has no scientific credibility. Laurie, if this is
where you are getting your nutritional information from then I truly
pity you.

p.s. And the vegetarians wonder why I rag on them! :o(

RBR
 
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