Animal products are an effective choice for healthy diet. Animal products differ greatly in nutrition and help achieve a balanced diet easier. There’s a reason we’re omnivores, and it’s good to consider that our bodies are likely adapted to be omnivores to some extent.
there is alot of evidence pointing to the benefits of an animal based diet, and then there is BIG FOOD, pushing the negative press in favor of cereal, processed foods, the kind that last forever and is all over media,
Well - our ancestors did get cancer.
They didn’t get LOTS of cancer, because cancer is primarily a disease of the elderly, and our ancestors didn’t tend get to the ages where cancer incidence gets high.
Also, cancer wasn’t recognised, and only a small fraction of cancers leave evidence on skeletons. Fourth stage metastatic cancer can do, but without a lot of medical intervention, most people die before they get that far.
If you haven’t read Weston A. Price’s book, it’s really interesting. It’s also available to download free online. There are so many pictures and a lot of them speak for themselves.
I try to prepare things like beans following Weston A. Price recommendations (soaking before cooking, changing the water, cooking methods) and I find I don’t have bloating, gas, etc. like I if I were to skip those recommendations.
I think the work Weston A. Price did was extremely interesting. I caution about the foundation today however. They’re anti-vax and a bit nutty, IMO. Read Nutrition and Physical Degeneration - it will at least give you some things to think about and research.
How can you compare cancer rates? Our diets have a lot of problems… but then again we live a LOT longer. Obviously a population that lives till 80 is going to have a lot more cancer than one with an average life expectancy of 40 (or whatever).
My first question is, why are we relying on dentists for this information?
I work with dentists every day, in my job. Hundreds of them. I haven’t met a single one of them and heard them make the type of claims this person is making.
There are some links between your dental health and nutrition, but not nearly at the scope that this person is trying to claim.
This seems like yet another doctor trying to use their Dr title to fluff up their credibility on a subject that they do not even practice in.
Animal products themselves like chicken breast, salmon, fat free fermented dairy etc have a lot of associated health benefits. It’s all about what animal products you eat rather than just the fact its a animal product, as long as its minimially processed and low in saturated fat its nothing to worry about. A salmon steak will have a different effect than bacon, butter and sausage.With animal products stick to low saturated fat cuts of meat, fatty fish/fish in general, eggs and low fat or fat free dairy with no additives or added sugar to reap all the benefits animal products provide such as omega 3, high quality proteins and nutrient density.Just be careful to avoid fatty or processed cuts of meat and be wary, some preperation processes like smoking can result in products being loaded with sodium.
Dr. Lustig’s book, Metabolical, goes into some details about pediatric nutrition and the role unprocessed food plays in the development of the hard palate and jaw. He talks a lot about how wisdom teeth removal was never a thing until we started processing food etc.
Of course e. coli didn’t infect our early ancestors. This speaker knows it has nothing to do with healthy foods. She’s being tricksie.
Reason is, e. coli EVOLVED and came onto the scene in recent history through millennia of DNA mutations. Back then, our ancestors were dealing with e. coli’s ancient ancestors! Tuberculosis? That’s a laugh. Tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases to infect humans. That shit is prehistoric.
Human evolution advanced significantly after we started consuming animals.
I don’t agree with the premise that there is a connection between the size of the skull and disease. I would need to read the research but o dont see how they are connected.
Ecoli infections, today, are largely a function of poor sanitation and contamination of waterways. Tuberculosis is transmitted from person to person. Both diseases occur primarily areas of dense human population, and also primarily in third world, undeveloped countries. They are not prominent in western society.
So right off the bat things don’t seem right.
As far as cancers go, that one is complicated. There does appear to be greater exposure to various cancer-causing agents today, but humans also live a LOT longer than our serengeti roaming ancestors. Cancer is also a highly variable disease.
Also, diet alone can’t explain any of these (case in point: lung cancer from smoking).
The standard American diet is generally poor and is probably causing widespread health problems, IMO. The conclusions by a dentist are a stretch.