Column #86

Scholarly knowledge critical to our healthy survival is readily available. The most basic fundamentals are unwavering. Yet most people remain clueless by insisting on entertainment, not knowledge.

Every week some people tell me to “Get a life” while they continue to chase the latest so-called “nutritional” tasty dishes.

How well do you understand the actual fundamentals of diet?

In the nutrition business the same ol’ same ol’ line is deadly. It’s like the news cycle. If the newscasters don’t change topics people tune out. The public can’t stay focused more than a few days on basic issues like the national debt, underfunded pensions, trade imbalances, debt-backed currencies, and private sector debts. Nutritional food peddlers know. That’s why they mostly ignore science except for nonsensical studies-of-the-week ginned up by marketers with agendas.

People who seek entertainment rather than knowledge are like pods of beached whales that have no desire to change direction. They do not understand that around 10,000 years ago people changed the way they feed themselves which is why we now have a healthcare crisis. Yet for decades now, nutritional scientists have been pointing to that change as the culprit for modern chronic diseases.

Earth’s early life forms date back 3.9 billion years. The first origins of sustainable life commenced 750 million years ago and set the stage for all animal life that followed. The original sustainable life forms were plants with chlorophyll that gained their energy from the sun. In turn animals developed that ate plants or other animals to get energy and nutrients.

The forerunners of mankind first appeared six million years ago and their fundamental biological needs also required the traditional sustainable life forms at the bottom of their food chain. Modern humans have that same dependancy.

This Early Earth Central quote is very meaningful. “Much life on earth belongs to the eukaryote family, all the way from blue-green algae to human beings. All multicellular organisms are eukaryotes, including animals, plants and fungi. On a numerical count basis, eukaryotes represent a tiny minority of all living things. Even in the human body, there are 10 times more microbe prokaryotes than human cells.”

The building blocks of animal life and the dietary requirements of humans have not changed. The foods required for healthy animals have always been low glycemic, nutrient dense and diverse, with balanced essential fats. Some modern foods still provide these requirements such as spinach, kale, collards and similar vegetables, grass-fed meats, Omega-3 meats, and wild-caught seafood.

About 10,000 years ago man started introducing modern foods that are high glycemic, nutrient light, with skewed essential fats. These include nuts, seeds, grains, fruit, and grain-fed livestock products that are now abundant.

Because most people insist on eating modern foods while ignoring science, healthcare costs have grown to about 18% of all economic activity in the United States. Apparently this is the life people want when they tell me to “Get a life.”

To your health.

Ted Slanker

Ted Slanker has been reporting on the fundamentals of nutritional research in publications, television and radio appearances, and at conferences since 1999. He condenses complex studies into the basics required for health and well-being. His eBook, The Real Diet of Man, is available online.

Don’t miss these links for additional reading:

Early Life on Earth

What Does it Mean to Be Human? by Smithsonian Institution

Timeline of Photosynthesis on Earth from Scientific American

Why Is Chlorophyll Needed for Photosynthesis?

Evolution of Plants by Simon K. Emms of the Biological Encyclopedia

Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Health and Disease and Growth and Development by Dr. Artemis P. Simopoulos

Eukaryotic Cells

Man Is an Extension of the Leafy, Green Plant by Ted Slanker

It All Began in the Sea . . .  by Ted Slanker

Cetacean Stranding From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia