From what I understand, hunter-gatherers eating traditional diets have very low rates of cancer, heart disease, strokes, diabetes, and obesity—the so-called diseases of civilization.
But at the same time the vast majority of them die of something unclassified. Dying in your sleep “of old age” is basically unclassified.
The big problem with 1 is assuming evolution will ever select out dietary diseases that show up after your prime reproductive years. Thats not how evolution works.
Which isn’t to say something hasn’t been going wrong in our modern diet (I personally tend to avoid most highly processed foods), just pointing to right-thing-for-wrong-reason.
But at the same time the vast majority of them die of something unclassified. Dying in your sleep “of old age” is basically unclassified.
The big problem with 1 is assuming evolution will ever select out dietary diseases that show up after your prime reproductive years. Thats not how evolution works.
Which isn’t to say something hasn’t been going wrong in our modern diet (I personally tend to avoid most highly processed foods), just pointing to right-thing-for-wrong-reason.