Did the Caveman Have it Easy?

Did the Caveman Have it Easy?

I saw a comment from a lady in Australia recently on a discussion board. She expressed an opinion many people have these days. So let's take a moment to examine this controversial position.

She wrote:

A caveman diet cannot protect you from poisons in our environment, chemicals in the products we put on our skin, chemicals we put in our food and water and yes the toxins in the vaccines we give ourselves and our children. It can't protect against all the radiation we get from the technologies we love so much and even the lack of physical exercise we get now, and when I say that I don't mean going to the gym for an hour everyday I mean moving around, playing outside, physical labour...so many of us seem to spend so much time sitting down now, like I am while I type this lol!!! And also you do have to figure in the genetic sensitivities people have, some can tolerate more than others!!!

We need to change not only our diet but the things that are causing so much damage to our bodies and our children's bodies, when the caveman lived he did not have to deal with the toxins that we now have to deal with or he would not have been so healthy!!

Toxins – Natural and Organic!

As for toxins, the caveman had it worse than we do – not better. There are many, many, many 100% natural toxins in the environment. And the caveman had far less protection in many ways. Do I need to mention that today we have refrigeration and other forms of food preservation, sterilization, environmentally controlled housing, toxic chemical police and their constant monitoring of dangerous toxins both manmade and natural, high levels of comparative cleanliness with barriers to vermin, water and sewage treatment, healthcare resources for treating toxic poisonings, better control over cooking and food preparation, and this list can go on and on.

For sure the caveman drank water from streams, ponds, pools, and mud puddles. He ate food that was lying on the ground exposed to God only knows what. He was constantly exposed to toxic elements [antimony, arsenic (metalloid), barium, beryllium, cadmium, lead, mercury, osmium, thallium, vanadium, polonium, thorium, radium, uranium, and transuranium elements (e.g., polonium, americium), etc.] that were in the water and in the soils. To this we must add the many tens of thousands of natural toxic compounds (some being combinations of elements or others that are organic compounds) that exist naturally. And how about pathogens in the water, soil, and foods they ate? Pathogens include infectious microbes or microorganisms such as viruses, bacterium, prions, or fungi that cause diseases. No, the caveman's world was highly toxic in so many more ways than we have it today that it's not even funny.

Chemical Toxins or is it Food Chemicals

The caveman's advantage was that HIS DIET WAS The Real Diet of Man – the cavemen diet. Consequently, and this is the point I keep trying to hammer home with everyone, his immune system was way more powerful than the immune systems of nearly all of the people on earth today. A compromised immune system can't even recognize the difference between benign pollen and toxic whatever. That's why modern people have hay fever. That's why modern people have so many autoimmune diseases. The grain-based food system (along with other concocted foods and high glycemic foods) have destroyed or compromised everyone's immune systems.

It is not the toxins (manmade and natural) in our environments that are killing everyone. It's the chemistry of grain-based foods. Food is far and away the largest multi-chemical input our bodies take in everyday. And the balance of the nutrients in our food is absolutely critical to body function which includes the all important immune system.

I know many people who used to have a continuous history of illness. They blamed it on this and that (chemicals mostly, genetics, stress, bad luck, and other stuff) but not their diet. Yet when they changed to The Real Diet of Man, presto, they rocketed back to health and stayed healthy. Except for extreme exposures, concerns about chemicals in the environment, in products we use, in plastics, in vaccinations, in water, and such are far less warranted than concern for the natural chemistry of our food stuffs – organic or not organic. Bodies are highly resilient if fed properly. That's why man survived for millions of years while living in an environment that would quickly kill off all "civilized" people today.

Nuclear Radiation

Additional note. Yes, I'm fully aware of the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant. Who isn't? Yes, it is polluting the environment. But are we aware of it and the dangers? Yes. Are people moving away from it? Yes. Can it potentially kill people? Yes. Is it being dealt with responsibly? Yes.

Only a few people have been hospitalized for radiation sickness so far. These people were working on controlling the problem and they purposely entered an extremely dangerous area. Yes, in time some other people may end up being exposed. Yet overall the exposure to toxic elements has been minimized and far more people will have been injured and killed by the Tsunami than by the associated nuclear incident.

In comparison the people of the world face a far greater danger than the radiation from the stricken Japanese power plants. If we compare the worldwide toll on humanity that the nuclear incident has had and will have in the months to come, it will pale into insignificance compared to the worldwide toll the grain-based food system will have on humanity in the same time period. Ironically I wrote an article about that in 2008. The title is: The Atomic Bomb of the American Food System.

Every chronic diseases is a body failure. Nearly all body failures are due to food consumed over time. How will we be able to raise the level of awareness for the dangers of grain, grain-based concocted foods, grain-fed livestock products, high glycemic foods, and hydrogenated oils to the level of awareness that all people have for the dangers of radiation exposure? I think that is the most important concern we can have for helping humanity.

Ted Slanker

April 15, 2011

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