A major factor that has been forgotten is until recent times in the US, food required work to aquire and consequently we regularly went hungry. Fasting. Forced fasting. Grains allowed for storage to fill the hungry gap. In other cultures it was mantiok, no sure of spelling on this root that was dried for storage. Many cultures found a starch, grains or roots, that stored well just to survive.

Humans have made use of many food options, the underlying issue is we are living longer than those people before 1950 but with the excess ( and crappy) food we are in an age of diseases due to those excesses.


The Upper class Egyptian pharaoh s were notably obese....we just don't hear that detail. And had significant health problems due to overeating.


To fix the over storage of calories aka love handles and lard butt, cutting the grains and carbs is what allows the body to get healthy again. And of course, planned fasting.

Food is definitely a complicated issue....