"Evolution plays no role in protecting us from most modern afflictions (obesity, alzheimer's, cancer, etc). You can have your "evolutinoarily optimal" paleolithic diet; I'll take my chances with modernity."
But there is evidence (in Taubes' GCBC to begin with) that modern foods cause the "diseases of civilization".
Before agriculture, as hunter-gatherers, many people did live into what we would consider old age (if they didn't die from injuries, etc, which is not relevant to diet).
But there is evidence (in Taubes' GCBC to begin with) that modern foods cause the "diseases of civilization".
Before agriculture, as hunter-gatherers, many people did live into what we would consider old age (if they didn't die from injuries, etc, which is not relevant to diet).