Guitarman there are also numerous tribal societies that are healthy eating predominately carb based diets.
Humans and the environment are both complex dynamic systems and there are too many interacting variables to make such a simplistic statement as "fat is your friend" or "carbs are junk food."
Different people have different genetics for example some people's bodies have the necessary genetic adaptations to process dairy properly and other people's bodies do not and so they show various intolerance/inflammatory responses.
Also the way foods are prepared is very important for example fermented soy products e.g. Tofu have very different properties to un-fermented soy products. Traditional European bakers leaving their dough to sit overnight so the yeast breaks down compared to many anglo-sphere bakeries not doing this (they might only let it sit for 3 or 4 hours). Do you eat your steak rare medium or well done? This affects the properties and nutrition of the meat.
Also the interaction between foods and balance is very important for example Chinese people eating greasy fried food and then eating green tea after their meal to aid digestion, Iranians eating a bunch of fresh herbs with their meat and rice, etc.
Besides quality of ingredients matters just as much as the type of ingredients. What is healthier eating steak made from a GMO grain fed cows pumped full of antibiotics and then laced with preservatives or eating natural carb/sugar heavy fruit that you hand picked from the Amazon jungle?
If you look at human history humans in different parts of the world adapted to different types of food/diets due to what was available to them.
Of course some foods are obviously bad for you e.g. Ice-cream , Coca-cola, donuts, etc but beyond the extremely obvious things like that its very difficult to say as a blanket statement what is the right or wrong way to eat. There are just too many variables involved.
I think people need to experiment with different diets/eating philosophies and when they find one that gives them overall good health stick to it.
Humans and the environment are both complex dynamic systems and there are too many interacting variables to make such a simplistic statement as "fat is your friend" or "carbs are junk food."
Different people have different genetics for example some people's bodies have the necessary genetic adaptations to process dairy properly and other people's bodies do not and so they show various intolerance/inflammatory responses.
Also the way foods are prepared is very important for example fermented soy products e.g. Tofu have very different properties to un-fermented soy products. Traditional European bakers leaving their dough to sit overnight so the yeast breaks down compared to many anglo-sphere bakeries not doing this (they might only let it sit for 3 or 4 hours). Do you eat your steak rare medium or well done? This affects the properties and nutrition of the meat.
Also the interaction between foods and balance is very important for example Chinese people eating greasy fried food and then eating green tea after their meal to aid digestion, Iranians eating a bunch of fresh herbs with their meat and rice, etc.
Besides quality of ingredients matters just as much as the type of ingredients. What is healthier eating steak made from a GMO grain fed cows pumped full of antibiotics and then laced with preservatives or eating natural carb/sugar heavy fruit that you hand picked from the Amazon jungle?
If you look at human history humans in different parts of the world adapted to different types of food/diets due to what was available to them.
Of course some foods are obviously bad for you e.g. Ice-cream , Coca-cola, donuts, etc but beyond the extremely obvious things like that its very difficult to say as a blanket statement what is the right or wrong way to eat. There are just too many variables involved.
I think people need to experiment with different diets/eating philosophies and when they find one that gives them overall good health stick to it.