Fri, Apr-05-24, 13:07
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Plan: Atkins-ish (hypoglycemia)
Stats: 000/000/000
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Progress: 50%
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Originally Posted by Ms Arielle
The description of defective is perhaps not correct. The fat genes also would have been a survival bonus during lean times. Which characterizes the human history until the last 100 years of super agriculture.
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It was absolutely necessary to have extra body fat to draw on during a famine.
I remember my mom talking about how it was not uncommon for a baby to not survive an illness (such as a stomach bug) if they didn't have a lot of extra fat to draw on. They apparently used to count the rings of fat on the baby's arms and legs to determine how healthy the baby was - the more rings of fat, the better. |