'Serenity'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
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For example, I don't function well unless I'm getting a lot of coldwater fish (specifically salmon and cod) in my diet, with tomatoes and pumpkin taking a high priority in the summer.
I can't explain it, but this makes me love juliana even more. SHE MUST HAVE PUMPKIN.
The nest time someone tries to convince me that I should do Paleo, I'm going to smile and say, "My ancestors are from the lands around the castle of Vlad Tzepesh Dracul. So that means I should ... drink blood?"
I'm currently about 7 years older than the average life expectancy of Cro-Magnon Man, so not really looking to them for tips about how to live longer and healthier.
Heee, Jilli!
I broke out of the office into the warm sun and bought a "homemade Oreo" at a new chocolate shop downtown: it's two big soft chocolate cookies with some killer white cream inside. NOM.
Somehow I suspect my Celtic ancestors did not eat these things.
Apparently the average prehistoric man that made it into adulthood lived longer than you have so far, Matt.
Depraved penguin sex antics shocked expert [link]
Reasons to love the internet: Just watching the great NPH parts of the Tonys without seeing awards for shows I won't see.
Apparently the average prehistoric man that made it into adulthood lived longer than you have so far, Matt.
It was really interesting to me to realize that if "average lifespan" was 50 (a made-up number), that didn't mean that 50-year-olds were elderly, just that a lot of people died at 20 or whatever.
Or in infancy. Life expectancy at age 5 is a figure you'll often see that gives you a much clearer picture of reality. Especially for anything pre-20th century.
Brenda's right - making it to 5 is huge. Aside from the obvious issues with disease and accidents in a world without antibiotics, the other big killer of otherwise healthy people in pre-modern societies was childbirth. A woman who made it to 45 had a pretty good chance of 80.
Tangentially, I decided to try eating 100g of dark chocolate a day as recommended by some study or other (as seen by me on the Good Stuff tumbler, I don't know the source beyond that) and I'm finding that that is kind of a lot of chocolate. A pound and half a week!