Re:Low carb diet leads to “clinical remission” in 3 cases of...
by phonypc on Saturday June 20, 2020 @07:35PM
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Life expectancy may have been that low, but overwhelmingly due to infant mortality. It's not like primitive humans were dying of old age in their 20s.
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Re:Low carb diet leads to “clinical remission” in 3 cases of...
by rantwasp on Saturday June 20, 2020 @08:05PM
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not in their 20s but definitely not in their 80s like today. if you reached 50s you were a boss. a lot of things that we consider routine to fix today would have ended your life (broken leg/hand, infections, severe diarrhea, etc). We really under-appreciate how many things we have as tools to expand our lifespan today.
Re:Low carb diet leads to “clinical remission” in 3 cases of...
by phonypc on Saturday June 20, 2020 @08:57PM
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From what I remember, it was more like if you made it past adolescence, making it to 50 was about normal. All kind of beside the point; you seemingly rejected the relevance of the primitive human diet based on their life expectancy. I don't think that follows.
Re:Low carb diet leads to “clinical remission” in 3 cases of...
by Aaronstotle on Saturday June 20, 2020 @08:36PM
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Considering that soldiers in Ancient Greece could only retire after 30 years of service, I think it's fair to say there were plenty of 80 year old "primitive" humans.