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that the paleo diet is good is an assumption!
There is strong evidence that humans pre 12,000 BCE did not live beyond 40 years of age. why is there such a strong assumption that their diet was good if this is the case? We are …
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Evolution Fresh
Are any of the Starbuck's Evolution Fresh Juice Drinks, paleo?
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Why isn’t the “starchy root vegetable” theory of evolution more popular in paleo circles?
I am of the opinion that root vegetables and tubers (underground storage organs) were one of the main driving forces in our evolution. The omega 3 fish model doesn't make sense to …
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what’s been your personal evolution of paleo?
How has your personal paleo diet evolved and changed over time and more specifically for what reason?
mine went a little like this-
I flirted with atkins (eggs, bacon, salads, …
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Hypothetical: does Paleo stand in the way of evolution?
Here's a thinker:
If part of the paleo diet is based on humans eating what makes more sense genetically, does this mean our bodies won't learn to better adapt to the diets introdu …
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Was dairy a part of our ancestral paleolithic diet?
The question is simple. Mammals have mammary glands, mammary glands produce milk. Early humans ate animals so they must have consumed the mammary glands. From my rudimentary unders …
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Has Paleo affected your ability to be normal anymore?
So I think Paleo has ruined me. I mean, I was annoying before (I've always been a cynical, skeptical SOB), but my friends and family may disown me at this point.
And it's not just …
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Anyone else taking this free online course on genetics and evolution?
I thought this might be of interest to some of the folks on here.
It is a free online course offered by Duke University called "Introduction to Genetics and Evolution".
https:// …
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how are you sure paleo’s right?
hi there!
so I'm 20, having troubles with IBS and being paleo since a few months (with offs and ons, but my last bite of bread was on jan, 1st).
I haven't noticed any change thoug …
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Is Chronic Cardio a big scam?
I was watching a documentary on the evolution of man on Netflix (I forget the exact name but could find it if need be)...
The claim was that although humans are not necessarily fa …
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Mushrooms as an Evolutionary Food
I recently followed a link on paleohack to a previous topic about psilocybin (magic) mushrooms helping with under eye dark circles & then someone mentioned magic mushrooms bein …
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Hack familial hypocholesterolemia in an evolution context
So one argument that vegans bring up when saying (dietary) cholesterol is bad is that people who have familial hypocholesterolemia, a familial condition of low cholesterol have an …
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An evolution question
In an interesting question I recently came across, I found this statement, from one of the answers, rather compelling:
to live a long, healthy, post-reproductive lifespan, we want …
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Are we evolved to eat a lot of seafood?
And if so is not getting adequate seafood causing harm? And if so what harm is it causing? I was just reading up on the aquatic ape theory and they seem to think that humans evolvi …
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Humans weren’t designed to eat meat?
I got into a discussion with a vegetarian friend of mine and was a little throw off by his arguments. Mostly when he said that humans weren't evolved to eat meat because we don't …