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There is a *really* popular claim that traditional diets are the healthiest.
So if we just go back to the food of the past, we’d be healthier & happier.
The traditional diet in Mongolia is dairy based, despite 90% of Mongolians being lactose intolerant.
That can’t be pretty.
So if we just go back to the food of the past, we’d be healthier & happier.
The traditional diet in Mongolia is dairy based, despite 90% of Mongolians being lactose intolerant.
That can’t be pretty.
You see traditional diets aren’t based on what is most healthy, but what is most available.
Which means there are loads of totally different human diets across the globe.
Saying traditional = better is flawed if for no other reason than the fact that traditions are megadiverse.
Which means there are loads of totally different human diets across the globe.
Saying traditional = better is flawed if for no other reason than the fact that traditions are megadiverse.
In science we call the use of tradition to justify an argument in place of evidence an ‘appeal to tradition.’
It plays on the fact that our brains are wired up to often prefer nostalgic narratives over logic & evidence.
That’s why food writers overwhelmingly prefer the former.
It plays on the fact that our brains are wired up to often prefer nostalgic narratives over logic & evidence.
That’s why food writers overwhelmingly prefer the former.
