Comments on: Environmental Damage http://www.marksdailyapple.com/environmental-damage/ Serving up health and fitness insights (daily, of course) with a side of irreverence. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:16:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Trinkwasser http://www.marksdailyapple.com/environmental-damage/#comment-312883 Trinkwasser Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:48:40 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3155#comment-312883 One weird thing from my past, when I lived in an area of poor hill (sheep) farmers hardly anyone grew their own food and it was almost as if there was a competiton to buy and eat the most crappy processed foods. Here there's much more emphasis on quality both of output and input. This is noticeable in the health and active longevity of the local population One weird thing from my past, when I lived in an area of poor hill (sheep) farmers hardly anyone grew their own food and it was almost as if there was a competiton to buy and eat the most crappy processed foods. Here there’s much more emphasis on quality both of output and input. This is noticeable in the health and active longevity of the local population

]]> By: Fasching http://www.marksdailyapple.com/environmental-damage/#comment-311600 Fasching Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:54:36 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3155#comment-311600 "After all, isn’t that what got humanity into this whole agrarian, agricultural ordeal – the fact that it was simply easier to just grow a bunch of crops, hunker down in a village, get fat and watch your children prosper?" Perhaps, but more importantly those that did settle down seem to have been able to whoop up their population density (but not quality of life) significantly. Which meant that they could start to gradually marginalize the hunter-gatherers. “After all, isn’t that what got humanity into this whole agrarian, agricultural ordeal – the fact that it was simply easier to just grow a bunch of crops, hunker down in a village, get fat and watch your children prosper?”

Perhaps, but more importantly those that did settle down seem to have been able to whoop up their population density (but not quality of life) significantly. Which meant that they could start to gradually marginalize the hunter-gatherers.

]]> By: Charles Martin http://www.marksdailyapple.com/environmental-damage/#comment-310317 Charles Martin Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:10:17 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3155#comment-310317 Having pearly whites is important to overall good health and particularly to avoiding or controlling diseases like diabetes. Check out my blog at www.denstistryfordiabetics.com to learn more about how taking care of your oral health can improve your overall health, especially if you have diabetes. Charles Martin, DDS Founder, Dentistry For Diabetics Having pearly whites is important to overall good health and particularly to avoiding or controlling diseases like diabetes. Check out my blog at http://www.denstistryfordiabetics.com to learn more about how taking care of your oral health can improve your overall health, especially if you have diabetes.

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]]> By: Ryan Denner http://www.marksdailyapple.com/environmental-damage/#comment-309262 Ryan Denner Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:05:14 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3155#comment-309262 Zen - I stand corrected! "if he broke his leg, he was dead meat" - no pun intended, right? :) Zen – I stand corrected!

“if he broke his leg, he was dead meat” – no pun intended, right? :)

]]> By: new_me http://www.marksdailyapple.com/environmental-damage/#comment-308947 new_me Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:23:35 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3155#comment-308947 Not only does our physical environment affect our food choices, but so does the prevailing mentality within the tribe in which we live. Not only does our physical environment affect our food choices, but so does the prevailing mentality within the tribe in which we live.

]]> By: Zen Frittata http://www.marksdailyapple.com/environmental-damage/#comment-308903 Zen Frittata Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:48:00 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3155#comment-308903 Robert - If Grok didn't like what was around him, Grok moved, not like today where you have a mortgage and are stuck with a house in one area, with food being shipped to you. If food was bad in an area for the season he'd go where it was plentiful. Starvation occurred when events outside of Grok's control led him to not be able to travel to get food. Grok was a lot more interconnected with the changes of season and how the animals and wildlife were effected by those changes in season. Grok's life also wasn't ideal...if he broke his leg, he was dead meat. If he got a simple infection it could easily be life threatening. What Mark is trying to portray is if you put together the good things of Grok, plus the good things in our modern life, you have an even better chance than Grok to lead a happy and productive life using the Primal Blueprint. This almost sounds like I know what I'm talking about. Robert – If Grok didn’t like what was around him, Grok moved, not like today where you have a mortgage and are stuck with a house in one area, with food being shipped to you. If food was bad in an area for the season he’d go where it was plentiful.

Starvation occurred when events outside of Grok’s control led him to not be able to travel to get food.

Grok was a lot more interconnected with the changes of season and how the animals and wildlife were effected by those changes in season.

Grok’s life also wasn’t ideal…if he broke his leg, he was dead meat. If he got a simple infection it could easily be life threatening. What Mark is trying to portray is if you put together the good things of Grok, plus the good things in our modern life, you have an even better chance than Grok to lead a happy and productive life using the Primal Blueprint.

This almost sounds like I know what I’m talking about.

]]> By: Robert Olajos http://www.marksdailyapple.com/environmental-damage/#comment-308795 Robert Olajos Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:32:11 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3155#comment-308795 "Grok had access to tons of good stuff..." That depends on where Grok lived. If he was from the Pacific coast of North America, say the Queen Charlotte Islands, Grok was well fed on abundant shellfish, moose, berries, herbs, etc. But if Grok lived in Northern Ontario (like me) then seasonal hunger was common and death by starvation not unheard of. Sometimes we portray Grok's life as ideal, but we must remember that he is a metaphor used to portray what we might aspire to today. In reality, how well Grok fared had to do, primarily, with where he lived. “Grok had access to tons of good stuff…”

That depends on where Grok lived. If he was from the Pacific coast of North America, say the Queen Charlotte Islands, Grok was well fed on abundant shellfish, moose, berries, herbs, etc. But if Grok lived in Northern Ontario (like me) then seasonal hunger was common and death by starvation not unheard of.

Sometimes we portray Grok’s life as ideal, but we must remember that he is a metaphor used to portray what we might aspire to today. In reality, how well Grok fared had to do, primarily, with where he lived.

]]> By: Ellen http://www.marksdailyapple.com/environmental-damage/#comment-308661 Ellen Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:25:59 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3155#comment-308661 I don't know Ryan. I bet Grok's breath and his teeth were pretty decent considering he didn't have modern foods that would cause decay (which results in bad breath and poor tooth enamel). Refer to the teeth of the traditional cultures that Weston Price studied. Their teeth were beautiful! I don’t know Ryan. I bet Grok’s breath and his teeth were pretty decent considering he didn’t have modern foods that would cause decay (which results in bad breath and poor tooth enamel). Refer to the teeth of the traditional cultures that Weston Price studied. Their teeth were beautiful!

]]> By: Zen Frittata http://www.marksdailyapple.com/environmental-damage/#comment-307617 Zen Frittata Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:44:38 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3155#comment-307617 Ryan... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3243593.stm Even ancient man had an idea on how to keep his teeth clean. Ryan…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3243593.stm

Even ancient man had an idea on how to keep his teeth clean.

]]> By: Ryan Denner http://www.marksdailyapple.com/environmental-damage/#comment-307584 Ryan Denner Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:06:21 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=3155#comment-307584 Mark, Gonna have to disagree with you on the pearly whites. I am sure Grok's BREATH could have killed his prey, never mind being a poster child for what crest white strips could do for you! Mark,

Gonna have to disagree with you on the pearly whites. I am sure Grok’s BREATH could have killed his prey, never mind being a poster child for what crest white strips could do for you!

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