Sefton10
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This study had a bit of traction online in the UK media recently. A couple of friends sent it to me as justification for their carnivore/primal style diets.
I would be interested in peoples' retorts from a Peat perspective. The most obvious for me is the calcium:phosphorus ratio. I've heard Ray say previously they would have gotten calcium from bones and green leaves, but I find it hard to imagine they'd get enough to bring them into balance. Also the amino acid profile of a meat-based diet would seem disastrous for ageing/longevity, but maybe they didn't live long enough for that to become a concern? I know the 70% animal leaves room for fruits/honey etc in the other 30%, but overall this would still be a pretty high fat, highish protein, lowish carb diet, and dairy would have been pretty much non-existent.
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Stone Age humans were HYPERCARNIVORES and survived on mostly meat
Study authors discovered that humans were an apex predator for about two million years and it was only the extinction of larger animals that changed their diets.
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I would be interested in peoples' retorts from a Peat perspective. The most obvious for me is the calcium:phosphorus ratio. I've heard Ray say previously they would have gotten calcium from bones and green leaves, but I find it hard to imagine they'd get enough to bring them into balance. Also the amino acid profile of a meat-based diet would seem disastrous for ageing/longevity, but maybe they didn't live long enough for that to become a concern? I know the 70% animal leaves room for fruits/honey etc in the other 30%, but overall this would still be a pretty high fat, highish protein, lowish carb diet, and dairy would have been pretty much non-existent.
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