nice... the season cycling insight is smart... yet one question pops up - how old is agriculture relative to the length of time our progenitors spent eating meat for the vast majority of their diet, likely during all seasons...

one of the things Champion digs into is that issue - im new to his book so dont quote me - but I think he argues that we simply have not been eating carbs and veggies in large amounts for long enough to change the underlying adaptive sets of our cells and mitochondrial processing which all "evolved" based on converting fats and proteins, and which now depend on such for optimal function...

he also coined the term "glucosis" which is a nice term methinks.

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Well that is where we, as respectful people have to agree to disagree. Because this line of thought goes directly into creation vs evolution.

The two world views arrive at completely different conclusions about the progression, and symbiotic nature of global ecosystems.

well, i carefully used the word 'adaptive' and put evolution in quotes in an effort to avoid that can of worms...

walt whitman.

There are historical and scientific records that proof that we have had an omnivore diet for most of our history.

Extracts from Nutrition and Health in Human, Evolution–Past to Present, PubMed:

"The diet of prehistoric humans was determined by the seasons, the availability of resources, climatic conditions, and the biotope they lived in. With a lifestyle dominated by gathering, the available food consisted primarily of plants (80%) such as leafy greens, sweet grasses, nuts, seeds, tubers, berries, roots, fruits, and pulses as well as animal proteins from wild animals and fish (20%)."

"While our earliest ancestors were more or less herbivores by nature, as indicated by their anatomy and physiology, Homo later evolved into an omnivorous species."

"In principle, humans are omnivores by biological design. Unlike other species, they are food generalists, which means that they do not make any specific demands on their diet. This allows them to survive under diverse conditions in almost all geographical regions by consuming a wide range of organic substances provided by the animal and plant worlds."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9460423/

We have had plenty of time to adapt to eating plants. We also rely on the microbiome to digest plants.

The gut microbiome refers to all the organisms, amongh which bacteria, that live input colon. Fiber is the preferred food of the gut bacteria and fiber can only be found in plants.

If you are interested in learning more about the microbiome, here are a few podcasts:

https://www.richroll.com/podcast/will-bulsiewicz-680/

https://shows.acast.com/thehappypear/episodes/dr-alan-desmond

https://www.richroll.com/podcast/robynne-chutkan-714/