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7 Ways We’ve Failed Miserably at Trying to Outsmart Nature
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:41 pm
by Dandelion
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:04 pm
by Spudd
Well, yes and no. It starts off with a highly faulty premise.
Without any of the modern technology that we rely on today, our primitive ancestors were able to enjoy exceptional health and rarely encountered the many chronic and debilitating conditions that are so common today.
Our life expectancy today is much longer than those of our primitive ancestors. They usually died in their 30's or 40's at the oldest, so they didn't have time to get old enough to develop chronic and debilitating conditions.
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:57 pm
by Dandelion
The trouble is, an increasing number of people aren't even making it into their 30s and 40s without developing some of these chronic and degenerative conditions that used to things 'old people' got. We're doing a lot of things right - but we're getting some very simple, basic ones wrong, too. They aren't difficult or radical, but may make a big difference in quality of life. I know it has for me.
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:45 pm
by wosnes
Spudd wrote:Well, yes and no. It starts off with a highly faulty premise.
Without any of the modern technology that we rely on today, our primitive ancestors were able to enjoy exceptional health and rarely encountered the many chronic and debilitating conditions that are so common today.
Our life expectancy today is much longer than those of our primitive ancestors. They usually died in their 30's or 40's at the oldest, so they didn't have time to get old enough to develop chronic and debilitating conditions.
During the Korean War we found out that our 18 year-olds had the beginnings of these lifestyle diseases. The Bogalusa Heart Study has shown changes in children as young as 5 (I thought it was even earlier). Many children are obese at 2-3 years of age.