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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

LeftishBrit

(41,344 posts)

6. Exactly!

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 14, 2014, 05:04 PM

Dec 2014

And a 'paleo' (or any pre-modern) diet generally meant starving at times when food wasn't available or in season.

I can never, in any case, understand the desire that many people have to return to 'healthier' ancient roots, when right now is the first time ever that 'three score years and ten' really is the average global lifespan, rather than a rarely-attained ideal.