Comments on: What is the “Optimal” Diet for Humans? (Part 2)

By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:17:52 +0000

We don’t need the enzymes in raw foods.. that’s a myth. However, that doesn’t mean raw foods aren’t ideal in your diet.

By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:08:48 +0000

How many people have actually been to the moon, though — compared to the Average earth-dweller? I guess you can continue to eat your Dominoes- since they’re planning on opening a restaurant for all those who neglected to consider their health HERE on earth.

By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:49:47 +0000

Wow, very cool info I will be roasting my potatoes from now on.. and boiling my meat! Thanks duude.

By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:38:07 +0000

I’ve heard that to keep insulin levels low you have to restrict the fat intake.. At least if you’re going to be eating a lot of [fruits] carbohydrates. I am not quite sure if humans were designed to eat processed foods – like oils.. maybe we were. However, if you want to eat fruits (like I do), it’s best to just cut oils and excess fat out of your ‘diet’. Ha, just realized that no matter what diet we still are die-et-ing! Die-ing..get it? Anyways – as fruit is the best source of energy and the most easily digested – it’s the best fuel and doesn’t require energy to digest.. giving you more energy to do your daily tasks. Plus, you don’t have to cook them.. prepare them.. and you can eat alot more of them! (I likes to eat. ^__^) I don’t know who told you about the need to eat to burn calories for energy.. seems quite the opposite actually. You need food to sustain you and provide nutrition for your body to function well. Calories don’t give you fuel, [fruit] glucose does! As a protien-type however, I myself need more protien and calories during the winter as fair-skinned people make heat this way, carb-types don’t (people who came from places near the equator, darker skin). It’s smart to look at what worked for our own ancestors.. and what didn’t, and research the science behind it. I might try eating fish like you do, and eggs, I prefer not to cook that much, though. If you’re interested in the history of mankind.. I recommend reading some articles from the Desteni website. If you dare. Take care!

By: Teeks

Teeks — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:51:20 +0000

Thanks, great post!

However, I would like to get your insight about the ‘living enzyme’ argument used by raw food proponents as another reason why a cooked food diet is bad for us. According to this argument, heating/cooking foods damage and kill the enzymes that help break down the food we consume into nutrients that our body can use. Without these food occurring enzymes our body has to use and therefore deplete its own store of enzymes thereby weakening our immune system.

Can you please shed some light?

By: Lance Strish

Lance Strish — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:43:01 +0000

Corrected link: http://is.gd/L3fqg1 ‘kombucha.pdf’

By: Lance Strish

Lance Strish — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:41:54 +0000

Here is the case study on Kombucha linked earlier in comments:
http://is.gd/Z0cDLS ‘kombucha.pdf’

And it also mentions ‘Transaminitis has also been reported in a 53 year old male and a 83 year old male following daily ingestion of one half cup serving of Kombucha tea for 2 to 3 weeks. Liver enzymes returned to normal following cessation of tea consumption in both patients (4) More recently, Kombucha tea was implicated in the case of a patient with new onset anti-jo1antibody-positive myositis.(8)’

By: Plants and Animals - Castle Grok

Plants and Animals - Castle Grok — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:11:54 +0000

[...] “less adapted” to eat them. I find this almost completely irrelevant. It’s true humans are better suited to eat more calorically dense foods. This could include all kinds of foods including fruit or starches! I do not consume a plant-based [...]

By: Another Halocene Human

Another Halocene Human — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:59:31 +0000

Other primates do not eat only plants. In fact, there have been a lot of papers lately about the economics of meat distribution and consumption in chimpanzee communities. (Gorillas, otoh, eat mainly cellulosic plant matter, and their guts reflect this–see the chart Denise provided, above.)

Google “bush babies”. Primates eating primates!

By: Another Halocene Human

Another Halocene Human — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:56:23 +0000

And yet we sent a manned rocket to the moon and back. Fueled by beef and bread, not forest fruits. Ye gods…