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Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar by dilap on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @12:25AM (#7222671)
"Very few fossil hominins have cavities. The decline in oral health started with agriculture and resulting changes to oral microbiome." — John Hawks (paleoanthropologist).

Diet has a lot to do with cavities.

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Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar by clavalle on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @12:50AM (#7222754)
At what age did these pre-agricultural people die?

Age might have a lot to do with cavities.

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Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar by pja on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @06:06AM (#7223676)
Pre-agricultural people lived longer & healthier lives than post: The development of agriculture was terrible for individual health, but once invented we couldn't go back because the hunter gatherer approach couldn't support as many people.

Regarding cavities: I recently read of a pre-agricultural tribe who had very high cavity levels due to a diet which was very high in nuts. Most H-G tribes appear to have lower levels of cavities than modern people at all ages I believe.

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