"Basically, Reinhard said, an extremely low-calorie, high-fiber diet made the ancient Native American gut a paragon of efficiency. With the arrival of whites, the diet changed faster than physiology could keep up with it. In other words, the digestive system didn't evolve for abundant, high-GI foods. "
Fascinating not only because it shows our ancestor's knowledge of health, the human body, and how to be in harmony with nature, but also because it reveals so much more about our body's mechanisms today!
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Fascinating not only because it shows our ancestor's knowledge of health, the human body, and how to be in harmony with nature, but also because it reveals so much more about our body's mechanisms today!
Click on the image below to follow the link for the full article!
Prickly pear cactus was a high-fiber staple of the early Southwest Native American diet. Credit: Brian Lasenby, Shutterstock
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