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Originally Posted by Liz53
If we are Danish, why not adopt a traditional Danish diet?; if we are Thai, why not adopt a traditional Thai diet?, etc. (assuming it served our ancestors well). For those of more mixed heritage, yes, it can be difficult. For all diets, though, she believes that an absence of sweets and vegetable seed oils will make for more positive health.
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Why not? Because we live in in a far different world than our cultural ancestors. There are seven persistent known carcinogens in our atmosphere, according to the EPA. Women are becoming shorter due to xenoestrogens in their diet, causing premature capping of the bones. And nearly all of us ate the SAD for a long time and have been permanently affected by it. We can't go home again. |