Reply #131: All true- but you only give us half the story.

[Dr Fate]

You are right that we have evolved to crave sugar and fat, and we are programmed to eat as much of it as we can get in one sitting.

Back in the Cave man days you had to chase your meat for 5 miles before you got to eat it, assuming you even got your kill.

The earliest man did not eat meat on a daily basis, and when he did, is was only after hours if not days of strenous tracking and hunting (exercise).

Same with sugar- it was only during certain seasons that fruit was ripe and available- but when it was, we chowed down on it b/c our bodies did not know when we would get it again.

Compare this to now-a-days- where we can and do eat as much sugar and fat as we can afford, 24/7.

Our bodies may not have evolved too much since those days, but our knowledge of nutrition certainly has.

If we were eating the same amount of fat and sugar as did ancient man under the same strenous do-or-die survival conditons, your point would be stronger. An ancient hunting party vs. stopping by McDonalds 3 times a week is not comparable.