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Cherimoose t1_j4jx7r1 wrote

Reply to comment by BafangFan in There’s a strong relationship between diet in early life and food preferences in adulthood, research finds by Additional-Two-7312

It seems to depend on availability, since some hunter-gatherer tribes like the Hadza eat lots of fruit, tubers, and other plant foods in addition to meat and birds, while the San people eat dozens of different insects.

I'd agree that our hyper-diverse, overstimulating culture today contributes to the maladies you mentioned, and i'd also include divorce to the list.

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BafangFan t1_j4jxr88 wrote

I think the question should be "what would humans eat if everything was abundant?"

And it seems that answer was meat - since we ate so many large animals to extinction. Perhaps we eat more plant foods now because the availability of large animals has diminished.

This is evident in the seafood industry. We are eating fish lower on the food chain because we have already eaten almost all of the fish higher on the food chain.

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BoiledChildern t1_j4keltf wrote

So divorce and food are causing ADHD and other socal ills, this is such an odd take

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Cherimoose t1_j4megf8 wrote

I meant our high divorce and obesity rates are byproducts of a consumerist culture with endless options.

But yes, kids tend to have fewer problems when raised by their biological parents, which the US has the world's lowest rate of.

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GoddessOfTheRose t1_j4lu6bx wrote

Actually, pollution and sporadic loud noises( and constant noise without many breaks) during pregnancy, are a known reason for ADHD and autism.

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