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Primal diet, where it goes wrong
On Nov 6, 3:29*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> AMoose in Love wrote:
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> >http://www.raw-food-health.net/Primal-Diet.html
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> > {> Primal Dietand Paleo Diet followersareaskingall the right> questions, but they've unfortunately come toanumber of incorrect
> > conclusions.
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> > The primal diet, sometimes referred toasaraw meat diet, neolithic> diet, paleo diet, or evenasan extreme low-carb diet, stems from the> correct belief that the processed, cooked foods modern humans rely on>are harming usand causing disease,and that going back to the type of> diet ourancestors lived on prior to theadvent of civilization (which> occurred onlyabout 10,000 yearsago,an eye blink in the history of> the species) will relieve us of the diseases we suffer from.
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> > Grains, packaged junk,andall cooked foodsare harmful to usand> should beavoided, but instead of making the smart choiceand> returning to the diet our species originallyate in equatorialAfrica,> they'veattempted toape the later-dayancestors who got by livingat> the margins of the world.
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> > The Primal Diet = The Inuit (Eskimo) Diet
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> > The Inuit people of theArctic regions of Canada, Russia,andAlaska> have lived for centuries onadiet predominately made up ofanimal> foods, with 75 percent of their calories coming from fat.
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> > Primal Diet Raw MeatThey didn't have much choice.Aside fromafew> berries, seaweed, tubersand whatever other greenery they could gather> in their home's short summer, they were left with onlyanimals to
> > hunt.
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> > Prior to the large-scale introduction of processed junk food from> developed countries, they were known for maintaining trim bodies> despiteall of their meat intake.
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> > Since western food startedarriving within the last 80 years, many of> them have become overweightand developed overt diseases like> diabetes, which Primal Diet followers point toasan indication of> where our societyisgoing wrong.
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> > Plenty of meatisfine, they say, it's the processed, cooked food you> have to watch out for.
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> > Because of thisand the example of other meat-centric tribes, primal> diet eaters *believe the best foodsare fatty meats, organ meats,> dairy, honey, minimal fruitand vegetables,and coconut,all served> raw.
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> >Thereare some variations of the diet that permit more carbohydrates,> but most of the food come fromanimal sources.
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> > Pre-Western-Diet EskimosAged Earlyand Died Young
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> > Unfortunately, claimsabout the great health of Eskimos prior to the>addition of processed foodsare overstated. Theyare not the paragons> of health meat-centric dieters want them to be.
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> > Primal Diet EskimosIn hisbook, "Health Conditionsand Disease> IncidenceAmong The Eskimos of Labrador," Dr. Samel Hutton reported on> the Inuit before theaddition of western foods.
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> > He studied them personally from 1902 to 1913,and hadaccess to the> detailed birthand death records kept by missionaries from the
> > previous century.
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> > Hutton said: "Oldage sets inat fiftyand its signsare strongly> markedat sixty. In the years beyond sixty the Eskimoisagedand> feeble. Comparatively few live beyond sixtyand onlyavery few reach> seventy. Those who live to suchanage have spentalife of great>activity, feeding on Eskimo foodsand engaging in characteristically
> > Eskimo pursuits."
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> > The more you study Eskimo culture, the more you realize it was never> free from disease,and, in fact, people of the culture suffered froma> number of disorders weassociate with meat-centric diets today.
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> > The Eskimos were very familiar with constipation due to their low-> fiber diet,and they created the spirit Matshishkapeu, the most> powerful spirit in their mythology, to embody it. *The spirit's name> literally translates into "Fart Man." In Inuit stories, heisknown to> inflict painful cases of constipation upon peopleand other gods (7).
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> > Read why meat causes flatulenceand constipation.
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> > It's hard to make concerete statementsabout the health of the> prewestern food Eskimos becausethereisnotall that much dataon> them. Most hunter gatherer tribes have little dataavailable on them> from before the 1970s, which makes the insistence of primal diet> followers that Inuit were originally healthy so hard to verify. No one> has foundany great evidence pointing to their good health.
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> > Modern day Inuit still eat tons of meat, though,and it's takinga
> > toll.
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> > For instance, in 1976, before the worst of the processed food crisis> hit them, they consumed 2,000 mg of calciumaday fromall the soft-> bone fish theyate,ahugeamount.All the same, they had (and still> have) the highest hip-fracture rate in the world becuase they consume> so muchanimal protein from fish (19).
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> > Fruitsand vegetablesare extremely rich in potassium, magnesium,and> calcium,along with other minerals needed for strong bones, but> because theyarealkalineand notacid likeanimal protein, they do> not strip the bones of calcium to neutralize theacid (20-21).
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> > Most green vegetables have calciumabsoption rates over 50 percent vs> 32 percent for milk (22), but becauseanimal food causes the body to> excrete calcium in its urine, the differenceiseven greater.
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> > The moreanimal protein you eat, the weaker your bones become.
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> > Hint For The Primal Diet: You're LookingAt The Wrong Tribes
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> > Unfortunately, over the last 10,000 years farming civilizations have> seized most of the land previously inhabited by hunter gatherers in> the equatorialand subtropical regions of the world, where our species> had its start.
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