Author: Dr. Greg Ellis
There was one problem that I wrestled with for years after I realized that the evolution of animal (human) metabolism had been predicated upon fat as the body's primary fuel, with carbohydrates as a secondary fuel (though even this positioning may grant too much importance to carbohydrates since one can thrive on meat and fat, alone, with no carbohydrate).
The problem was this: How did it happen that the whole populace, lay people and experts alike, came to believe that the high-carbohydrate diet (grains, fruits, and vegetables) was healthy, god-like, and spiritual and that meat eating was unhealthy, pagan (if not Satanic), and unspiritual? Why was the movement toward full-blown vegetarianism supported as being the healthy way to eat?
Many years ago, in New York, I met with a ...
There was one problem that I wrestled with for years after I realized that the evolution of animal (human) metabolism had been predicated upon fat as the body's primary fuel, with carbohydrates as a secondary fuel (though even this positioning may grant too much importance to carbohydrates since one can thrive on meat and fat, alone, with no carbohydrate).
The problem was this: How did it happen that the whole populace, lay people and experts alike, came to believe that the high-carbohydrate diet (grains, fruits, and vegetables) was healthy, god-like, and spiritual and that meat eating was unhealthy, pagan (if not Satanic), and unspiritual? Why was the movement toward full-blown vegetarianism supported as being the healthy way to eat?
Many years ago, in New York, I met with a ...
