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Originally Posted by JustBe
He holds some interesting views (he eats everything)which tends to tie into why many of our older generation who physically worked hard and often ate everything, lived a more healthy active life.
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That's a deeply generalizing statement. I know that the older people in my family, who also ate/eat a standard diet and were/are physically active, developed a number of issues because of it. Eating meat your entire life for instance can/will lead to specific issues, it has an acidifying effect and can lead to cardiovascular disease. Being very physically active throughout your life, unless you do it in a controlled environment where you correct your movements, will also create all sorts of issues. Go and ask or observe people that worked in construction, or have done gardening day in day out for many years.
Please lets not romanticize older generations. They're also the generations that gave the green light for mass production of unhealthy food. The ''Green Revolution'' (not 'green' at all!) in agribusiness (1960s/70s) is their invention. The trope of ''If it's old it means it's wise or good'' is a myth.