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I'm talking about before we figured out we could grow vegetables and fruits. Early humans are often shown as being fit and in shape, yet our diet pretty much only consisted of meat. We were hunters. So why the hell were they so fit? I thought a healthy diet mattered more than just being active constantly?

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[–] Hillock@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

A healthy diet doesn't matter more for being fit than exercise. You can eat as healthy as you want but if you don't exercise you won't grow muscles. A person mostly eating junk food but working out regularly will be stronger, faster, and better looking.

A healthy diet is important for longevity. And if can speed up your fitness journey but it will never replace what regular exercise does.

[–] Nimgwen@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I mean meat is high on protein which is what you need to build muscle mass which is one of the requisites for being fit. Then running around all day chasing animals to eat them is gonna give you some really insane cardio, plus developed muscle from carrying around the prey and the hunting gear. So I have not idea what are you talking about, also pretty sure ancient humans already knew about edible plants and fungi.

[–] FiskFisk33@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your premise is wrong, our diet has never consisted pretty much only of meat. We were hunter-gatherers, gatherer being a very important part of that phrase.

The diet of the earliest hominins was probably somewhat similar to the diet of modern chimpanzees: omnivorous, including large quantities of fruit, leaves, flowers, bark, insects and meat.

https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/evidence-for-meat-eating-by-early-humans-103874273/

[–] TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Mmmmmm... nothing gets me hungry like the thought of squirming insects!

[–] karbairusa@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, you gotta understand that we worked hard as fuck for our food. We ran that shit down for miles after miles and did lots of physical labor.

So, even if our diet was mostly meat, that didn't mean we were unhealthy or fat. You can eat straight meat and be fit. You need the protein in the first place.

[–] administrator@lemmy.pro 1 points 1 year ago

Humans can do that, but I would guess they more often tried trapping, fishing, and stealthy hunting? Running after an animal over long distances isn’t ideal. It’s a great way to get hurt, animals are very fast and you can lose the trail or they go where you can’t follow, and not to mention exhausting.

[–] berkeleyblue@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Beaides what others said about wild berrys and plants, keep in mind that the live expectancy was 30-40 while most people didn’t even survive until their 5th year of age.

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Then how did people in the Bible live to be 900? /s

[–] gmatkins@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've never seen a photo of a fit caveman.

[–] Graphine@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Pppsh. Everyone knows Encino Man is an accurate representation of a caveman body.