That YOU don't think insects and small mammals are appetizing, I can imagine. You aren't living in the evolutionary past, though. You're not born and raised being used to eating them. There are quite a number of people on this world who do, however. As cooked food. And I don't mind some cooked grub...

If you go to Middle Eastern markets, you can see them being sold occasionally. They are not salted and the shells are soft because they haven't been roasted. No bitter taste at all - even slightly sweet - I prefer them to the roasted kind.

That YOU don't think insects and small mammals are appetizing, I can imagine. You aren't living in the evolutionary past, though. You're not born and raised being used to eating them. There are quite a number of people on this world who do, however. As cooked food. And I don't mind some cooked grub...

Is there any way to find latest posts by X? The only way I can do that is if their name is the last or first one to post in the thread. But if a person hasn't done that, then just clicking on their name doesn't work. I don't use subscribe to threads as I don't want my email to overflow as I don't ch...

Especially that type of food is very addictive. A processed food addiction isn't recognized as such, even more, obesity has been, and is still, regarded as a sign of prosperity. Heroin addicts also look terrible, and they don't change either. And what about smoking? How difficult is it for most smo...

Don't forget that shellfish contain many nutrients, but relatively few calories. I have no way of determining this specifically - but even a dozen or two oysters hardly satisfies me as much as a good kilogram of salmon! But don't forget we only need 18 grams of protein on this diet. A handful of cl...

From an evolutionary point of view aren't we supposed to be eating things like shellfish - mussels and oysters and scallops rather than fish like salmon or mackerel? Primitive man lived near rivers and the ocean and fishing implements and boats were a later invention. So I would presume primitive m...

That would explain it. It wasn't my theory BTW - something that I read and didn't quite understand.

I knew about that Diamond treatise on agriculture but he talks more about the health of grain-eating doesn't he? (It was a while ago when I read that.) And not specifically about the mind-numbing effects it has on people's minds of eating a grain based diet, and how the opioids in wheat influence pe...

This is unrelated to the main topic of brazil nuts in this thread but about brazil nuts. From an evolutionary POV are we supposed to eat Brazil nuts? Aren't they difficult to open and require special tools? Was primitive man able to eat them? Doesn't that mean we aren't supposed to eat them because ...

As far as I know, raw pistachios are quite unedible. Thats why you cant buy them. I've had raw pistachios - they are green and reddish pink. They're soft-shelled. The shells are easily peeled off. And so delicious. Much better than the roasted ones. I ate tons when I was in an area where they sold ...

It would be interesting to see if there is any connection between the course of empires and grains. Knowing the addictive and dulling of the mind qualities of grains, I wonder if that is related to the rise and fall of certain societies? That wheat at first gave advantage to certain primitive societ...

I read somewhere - on panix (paleo eating) - that wheat has opioids as some sort of survival advantage. Is this true and how would it work? - that people get addicted to it and will farm it? a bit farfetched? - people who eat will die more quickly so the plant kills its consumers? - but why would th...

Yes, what obesity does to a person is terrible. People think that they overeat because they are weak, and therefore blame it on themselves. Its especially damaging because everybody 'can see that they are fat and therefore weak', whereas, for example, it doesnt show in someone who smokes a lot of c...

Could it be that periods of famine in our history meant that the ones who stocked up on food during the good times i.e. overate, were the ones who survived famine? Yes, but if there never is famine, there is no such need anymore. Its the occasional presence of famine (or fasting / dieting) that tri...