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Re:I tried out-training my diet for 18 months by watwut on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @09:18AM (#25209442)
> People back then drove cars and ate in restaurants, and look at the photos: they looked far healthier.

They looked thinner, but afaik we are healthier all in all. Thin and healthy are not synonyms.

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Re:I tried out-training my diet for 18 months by inglor_cz on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @09:23AM (#25209481)
We got much better in managing chronic diseases, and we smoke a lot less. So far, so good.

But diabetes 2nd type or chronic non-alcoholic steatosis were much, much rarer than today in < 50 population. Orders of magnitude rarer.

This is a significant disease load.

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