Hmm, the point I was making was that the average human height is still well below what it was in Palaeolithic times despite a so-called "richer" diet. Now, granted, certain ethnic populations which have adapted to being much smaller even in palaeo times  might not benefit from being taller(eg:-  African pygmies, some East Asian ethnic groups), but I would have thought that being taller would be therefore a good thing for those whose ancestors in palaeo times were much taller?

Maybe, I guess if you intent to live a life where strength and height (eg: elongated body for extra running speed) is necessary for survival, like in paleo times. It sure doesn't hurt to be tall and strong, even today. And most women find it attractive.

Suffering from osteoporosis or hip fracture might very well be due to dairy consumption but is not related to increased height, I would think? Could you, out of curiosity,  please provide a scientific link as regards increased mental development delay among East Asians? I assume by "Asians" you mean  specifically "East Asians" as the US weirdly does not seem to distinguish between South Asians and East Asians?

Lets just say that dairy consumption leads to both increased height and osteoporosis (especially, as Sabertooth points out, if you don't live and eat in a way that helps prevent it), but one doesn't necessarily affect the probability of developing the other.

As for increased mental development delay in Asians (in that case, Japanese people), I read it in GCB's "Manger Vrai", and I trust that he had access to valid info on the matter in order to make such claims, as he was able to back up some of his claims with scientific articles.

I'll still look out there if I find something about it.

The bone health issues of modern Scandinavians is irrelevant because of the complete adulteration of the environmental conditions. Historically the larger framed breeds of humans lived in a way that would prevent loss of bone density and other degenerative conditions. They would nurse their children for the first three years, giving them maternal antibodies which would make them adapted to the raw cow dairy they would consume later in life. The raw foods, fermented foods, and active lifestyle would allow for optimal D levels and other endo-hormones which are responsible for maintaining strong bones.

Don't forget that cow milk has only been made available since the Neolithic, so those "large Scandinavians" probably didn't look the same in paleo times.

True parasites are things like lice and mosquitoes, and even then I'm not entirely sure.

Well, it is not the mosquito that is parasitic, but rather the malaria parasite that it caries. Malaria can efficiently be treated with plants from the Artemisia family, especially Artemisia Annua, or "Wormwood".

http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/bio2.0/artemisia_annua_a_vital_partner

"Extracts of A. annua, long used as an ornamental and medicinal shrub in traditional Chinese culture, were found to kill the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. Artemisinin, known in China as qinghaosu (Fig. 2), was identified as the responsible compound (Enserink, 2005)."

I thought your drank sea water for the mineral content? Then you can find almost the same on rock salts. They're basically dry buildup of sea water minerals.

Chlorine is not that bad. We eat this diet so we don't have to worry about little things like that.

Yeah, but why endure such things when you can avoid them? Also, eating clean alone doesn't automatically make you uber-healthy. Or else we could just stop sleeping, work in a nuclear central without a protection suit, and take after-work shots of roundup for the lols. Our ancestors breathed the fresh air of the forest, exercised everyday, slept regular hours and enjoyed plenty of vit.D boosting sun rays... I doubt they would feel as fresh if they ended up living the same lifestyle as ours (Or at least us city-rats)...and potentially live as long. I guess their threat were not pollution and lack of exercise, but rather night jaguars and wolfs.

BTW, the average dose of chlorine used in public swimming pools is harmful enough to make people develop asthma. I used to enjoy swimming, even if I was already asthmatic, but the chlorine made me wheeze so much that I had to quit swimming lessons. Now I don't have asthma anymore, but I certainly don't feel fresh when I stay in a chlorinated pool for too long, which happens maybe once a year.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-182679/Chlorine-link-asthma-surge.html

I do not get any bad effects  from the above. Neither I suspect would my brother even though he eats a mostly crappy cooked diet. He is a marvel - he can shovel vast amounts of cooked foods into his body at every meal and yet always stays ultra-slim. He must have an unusual metabolism.

Not as unusual as you may think. I had a massive bing-eating episode that lasted 4 years and was at it worst last year, and I actually lost weight. My parents were convinced I was making myself puke after diner, because I ate so much and still stayed slim -skinny, even-, but I did not. I rarely ate before 12pm though, but I largely made up for it later in the day.

*sigh* EMF is NOT microwaves. Fucking learn the difference.

Yes they are?:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave

Microwaves are a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging from one meter to one millimeter; with frequencies between 300 MHz (100 cm) and 300 GHz (0.1 cm).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_field#Health_and_safety

The potential effects of electromagnetic fields on human health vary widely depending on the frequency and intensity of the fields. For more information on the health effects due to specific parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, see the following articles:

    Static electric fields: see Electric shock
    Static magnetic fields: see MRI#Safety
    Extremely low frequency (ELF): see Power lines#Health concerns
    Radio frequency (RF): see Electromagnetic radiation and health
    Light: see Laser safety
    Ultraviolet (UV): see Sunburn
    Gamma rays: see Gamma ray
    Mobile telephony: see Mobile phone radiation and health

Oh boy, here we go.

All right, we'll stop here if people feel this thread should be for discussing Sabertooth's video project only. Divergence is sometimes tolerated -to some extent- in some threads, but like me you probably have the feeling this will turn into a long ideological debate.

Maybe those sleeping when dying  were not in a  dream-state at the time?

Maybe. At least some part of their brain must somehow be aware that the body is shutting down.

A frightening thought, become a ghost or face a lingering death instead.What about dying suddenly in one's sleep, though?

I know someone who sensed exactly when 2 of her closest companions died. More to do with telepathy than the after-life, but I therefore do accept that  mainstream science does not hold all the answers.

To me it feels like a necessary challenge to face, like the pain of being born.

And who says people who die in their sleep are not aware of it in the form of a particular kind of dream, or something?

Wandering in a place you're not supposed to be anymore for god knows how long doesn't sound too pleasant either.

You might believe in this stuff or not, but I saw a documentary on medium and the afterlife, and there was this case of a women being somehow harassed by the spirit of her dead husband, and called in a medium to figure it out. The medium saw that the husband was still wandering in the living's world and interacting with his widow wife because he wasn't even aware that he was dead. The husband had committed suicide in front of his wife by blowing his brains out with a rifle or something, and the blow was so sudden that the man didn't have time to realize he had died. He told the medium he just remembered a powerful heat wave crossing his head, and thought it was strange that his wife was ignoring him since then.

I think we are meant to see our death coming to accept it, and ascend to the next phase. Whether its dying of old age, dying of hunger, of a bite in the neck, of an arrow in the heart,... death was never sudden in the days before bombs and bullets. And perhaps rightly so.

Lol I like the conclusion of this article 

https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4072

"I'll close with an experience related by a listener who wrote in, that aptly illustrates this phenomenon:

    We had an interesting incident near Humboldt State University. A new cell tower went up and the local newspaper asked a number of people what they thought of it. Some said they noticed their cell phone reception was better. Some said they noticed the tower was affecting their health. To paraphrase the bottom line: "think about how much more pronounced these effects will be once the tower is actually operational."


I guess it is a psychosomatic phenomenon for lots of people. I personally never noticed any strong ill effects from being close to sources of EMFs over a long period of time. I just used to turn off the wifi at night as a measure of precaution. I do have this friend that is quite sensible to this kind of stuff, and advised me to move my bed at least 10cm from the electric socket. Don't remember if I ended up sleeping better or not.

Jack Kruse claims that electric cars give of huge amounts of emf and may not be as good for human health as being sold to us?

Funny, I felt this kind of vibe too. At one point I wanted to buy a scooter, and I was thinking about getting an electric one, but I had this impression that it would somehow harm me, like siting on a giant cellphone. So I got a gas car at 18 instead

I hope they'll find a more "organic", yet clean way to power our cars.