them for thousands of years?”
First, there are a lot of factors that
play into a population’s health.
Sunshine, other dietary choices,
exercise, and environment all
contribute—so it’s silly to say,
for example, that traditional
Asian cultures are healthy simply
because they eat rice. In addition,
the fact that some societies have
eaten grains for thousands of
years says nothing about whether
grains are actually healthy. Their
eating habits reflect what was
available to them for survival in
that particular place and time. But
surviving and thriving are not the
same thing. In today’s modern
world, we are interested in truly
thriving, not just providing
enough energy to avoid starvation
—and in our culture, we can do
grace
(Grace)
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