I want to add one more thing..becasue I think this is important concidering many many people bring up the idea of epigenetic degredation(which I thoroughly support) and specifically the ideas presented in the book "Left in the Dark"..and the ideas of Weston Price..both people have presented a situation of epigenetic degredation..though Price concluded it was due to modern agriculture practices, refined graines, corn syrups and pasturized diary products which removed us from our traditional indigenous diets..and the ideas of Left in the Dark are that we were once tropical forest dwelling fruigivoires.

If yuo actaully understand the idea of epigenetics, and the theory that we have undergone epigenetic degredation..and then assume we were actaully once way back essentially fruitarian apes in the jungle..it is not realistic to assume that we now will just go back to a raw vegan or fruitarian diet and things will be okay. Sorry, but if you think this than you just dont fully grasp the idea of epigenetics.

We are where we are now. We are not apes hundreds of thousands of years ago. If we have undergone epigenetic changes for the length of time proposed in Left in the Dark than you cant assume that we can easily adapt back to that sort of a diet. It does not work that way. Our bodies are what they are now..we were born with these bodies..not the bodies of fruit eating forest dwellin apes. Assumiong that theory is correct there is a whole lot of stuff that went on between now and then that has changed us, period. Many people would not not adapt so well to that sort of a diet today.

Personally I do think we have undergone epigenetic degredation but I think the truth is somewhere between the ideas of Tony Wright and Weston Price. I dont think raw veganism is the ultimate answer, otherwise everyone would just thrive on that diet, which is obviously not the case.

I am bringing this up becasue this is so often presented as if it is an easy answer to such a complex problem that is being put forth. This sort of approach is not realistic. We have changed. Whatever we are now, this is what we are. We have to make the best of the situation we are in NOW. For most people I think this is going to mean get off conventional pesticide foods, get off packaged premade preserved foods, get off factory farmed meats and toxic tap water and refined grains and sugars etc..and get onto a whole foods diet free of toxic chemcials that is more in line with our origional indigenous diets, and get onto clean water..and bring in the complex neuroactive plant pharmacology..and for gods sake, fix the soil. Then take care of the other lifestyle aspects. I honeslty think that is the best most people can do that this time.