The true problem with cow milk is that first of all it contains 3 times more protein than human milk. This is too much protein for a child, and it explains why children fed on cow milk have livers and kidneys 30% bigger in volume than those of children fed on breast milk. Secondly, cow milk may have three times the amount of calcium than mothers milk, it also has 5 times the amount of phosphate, which binds to calcium in the intestinal track and prevents 2/3 of it to be absorbed. Which explains in part why the heavy dairy-drinking populations also have a high prevalence of osteoporosis.

Also owned a pair of vibram 5, felt fine in the beginning as a first pair of zero drop running shoes, then I got tired of the restriction of movement, and the awkward fit of toe socks inside them. The look of it is meh anyways.
I then bought a pair of Swiss Barefoot Company socks (they seem to have left the market somehow), which are toe socks made of a flexible kevlar fabric. Very light and flexible, but despite the high tech material they wear of very quick if you start going for runs with them. So mine got shredded to pieces, and I bought a new pair that I only wear for wall climbing (they work fine for that). They seem very similar to the skinners, except they suck for running, but the toe splay is greater.

https://fyf.io/collections/all

Interestingly, it reminded me of something a friend once told me about people originating from Congo and the nearby regions. Apparently, they have a harder time making plans and projecting themselves in the future, because they have evolved in an environment where resources were abundant nearly all year round. On the other hand, people who evolved in temperate and cold climate had to prepare in advance for the harsher winter days, by stocking food, building shelters, making clothes, moving to places with more animals to hunt, etc

These pictures probably mentally bring us back to those times, in a way.

Nice article.

I've already mentioned it on this forum a while ago:

"Biphasic sleep"

http://www.rawpaleodietforum.com/off-topic/how-much-sleep-do-rpders-need-poll/msg132901/#msg132901

Still cool to be reminded of such phenomenon.

Nitpicking? You talk about how Inuits having Denisovan genes debunks the fact they need technology to survive in their cold climate, I tell you they actually do need their fur coat and igloos. Simple as that.

IQ levels also vary depending on how much a person needs and uses intelligence, and can be exercised like a muscle. Perhaps people living in cold and seasonal regions have in average higher IQs because they had to anticipate periods of scarcity in winter, and find ways to deal with the harsh climate and contrasted environment in order to survive.

Someone recently told me Africans from the tropical forest area (Congo etc) had a harder time with concepts like anticipation and projecting themselves in the future, because they evolved in an environment with food so abundant, and climate so constant that those concepts were useless. Some of those ethnies don't even have a word for "tomorrow". This might explain in part the lower average IQ of some of these ethnies.

Since junkfood is linked to decrease in intelligence and "fogging" of the mind, it makes sense that good diet leads to higher IQ, since a clearer mind enables faster learning and better memory.

I'm quite interested in this topic.

Besides, it is merely rehashing, in a different way, the rather overly-obvious point  that the age-old cliche that opposites attract is  complete, utter nonsense.

I wouldn't say that. I mean, I would describe myself as pretty active, health-conscious, untidy and slightly effeminate. The last girl I was into was lazy (but surprisingly fit), pasta addict, obsessive about hygiene and boyish in her manners. I'd say we complemented each other quite well

One other reason why I wouldn't want to live in America in this time:

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/millions-bees-killed-zika-spraying-naled/

Summer, sudoku, singing, snowboarding, swimming, (cold) showering

There are anti-nutrients in every food.

Each species and each individual react differently to anti-nutrients present in a same food, depending if 1) it's adapted to it (cows digg grass, not steak), 2)it's body requires certain nutrients also present in the food. If the animal is 1) adapted to the food and 2) needs the nutrients present in the food, then the body will block and manage the anti-nutrients so it can have access to the good stuff. When the body has enough of one type of food, it will stop blocking the anti-nutrients, and the animal will feel the bad taste, texture, smell or gastric sensation, and will stop eating this food. So it doesn't matter how much anti-nutrients a certain (raw whole) food contains. If it tastes good, smells good, and gives you no digestive or bodily issues (eg: cold when eating fruits in winter) , then it's what you need.

ps: Why is this thread off-topic? Seems like it belongs in the raw-omnivorous diet section or something.

Imma order some tan-through clothing, for the times when being topless is "indecent". Apparently it lets in half of the UVBs, which has a part in the vit. D production process, and UVAs, for tanning. Double win IMO  .

http://www.cooltan.com
http://www.vitamindwiki.com/Increase+your+vitamin+D+from+the+sun+by+wearing+a+tan-through+instead+of+standard+shirt

Pears tend to give me stomach cramps.

I'm also careful with pears. Sometimes they give me gas.