There is a tiny kernel of science inside these money-grubbing diet scams, but it’s very tiny. We are fundamentally omnivores — our teeth, digestive tracts, and other traits testify to that — and it is probably one source of our reproductive success as a species.
But we have developed many small gene pools adapting to local foods — hence some developed the ability to drink milk (whereas many have lactose intolerance), some process grain better than others (and a few have gluten intolerance), etc. There isn’t one best diet for anyone. There might be a best diet for a given individual, but if you have any kind of diverse national background, you can’t count on any one diet being obviously suited to you.
There is a tiny kernel of science inside these money-grubbing diet scams, but it’s very tiny. We are fundamentally omnivores — our teeth, digestive tracts, and other traits testify to that — and it is probably one source of our reproductive success as a species.
But we have developed many small gene pools adapting to local foods — hence some developed the ability to drink milk (whereas many have lactose intolerance), some process grain better than others (and a few have gluten intolerance), etc. There isn’t one best diet for anyone. There might be a best diet for a given individual, but if you have any kind of diverse national background, you can’t count on any one diet being obviously suited to you.
Moderation in all things…