Comments on: Is there a natural diet? http://agro.biodiver.se/2009/07/is-there-a-natural-diet/ Crops, animals, wild relatives ... Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:45:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ford Denison http://agro.biodiver.se/2009/07/is-there-a-natural-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-817730 Ford Denison Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:17:15 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/2009/07/is-there-a-natural-diet/#comment-817730 Thanks for the discussion. I think we're both right, too. Thanks for the discussion. I think we’re both right, too.

]]> By: Bea http://agro.biodiver.se/2009/07/is-there-a-natural-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-789686 Bea Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:07:56 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/2009/07/is-there-a-natural-diet/#comment-789686 An interesting 1903 ethnological survey by Albert Ernest Jenks about the Philippines, he says that "the Igorot cares very little for sweets; even the children frequently throw away candy after tasting it" and that sugar was consumed mainly for the production of alcoholic beverage. I was speaking to a doctor as well who said that some indigenous people she works with seem to have no "natural attraction" to sugar. However, this is about sugar and not sweet things in general, as rice, non-astringent root crops, and even some meat are classified as sweet in many indigenous frameworks for food and health. Related to the delaying-reproduction-via-famine-food point, in India, an ayurvedic doctor mentioned to me that if you are trying to have children, one must to avoid bitter, pungent, and spicy food. An interesting 1903 ethnological survey by Albert Ernest Jenks about the Philippines, he says that “the Igorot cares very little for sweets; even the children frequently throw away candy after tasting it” and that sugar was consumed mainly for the production of alcoholic beverage. I was speaking to a doctor as well who said that some indigenous people she works with seem to have no “natural attraction” to sugar. However, this is about sugar and not sweet things in general, as rice, non-astringent root crops, and even some meat are classified as sweet in many indigenous frameworks for food and health.

Related to the delaying-reproduction-via-famine-food point, in India, an ayurvedic doctor mentioned to me that if you are trying to have children, one must to avoid bitter, pungent, and spicy food.

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