correction and more

July 5, 2006

hey Yashendra, please disregard my last sentence

i misread yours, although i still don't agree that "complete well

being" is dependent upon a vegetarian diet

there is ample evidence that the number and variety of diseases

experienced by humanity is directly proportional to the degree to

which we have strayed from our hunter-gatherer lifestyle

common chronic diseases such as diabetes, which were fully recognized

and described in the most ancient of Ayurvedic texts, are non-

existent in traditional hunter-gatherer communities that haven't

incorporated modern food-stuffs into their diet

as for the longest lived people in the world, what is the key to

their diet?

here is an interesting article that has applicability to ayurvedic

thinking:

83_longevity.html

best to all... todd

> Tamasik food is required by those who have become depended upon

> them. Like the Europeans. They are genetically conditioned to

> that. .......... Not the Indians.......... Still, all human beings

> of this earth need to consume only Satvik food if they want

> complete well-being.

>

> all humans are genetically conditioned to eating meat because we

> evolved as hunter gatherers

> agriculturalism is an relatively recent human evolution, only about

> 10,000 years old

> your idea of what makes a "complete human being" is prejudiced and

> i can see how some people might find it offensive

best... todd

Caldecott

Recommended Posts