In today's modern world every boss of every company expects that their employees/subordinates are well adapted to a fast-pace, caffeine dependent, fast food junkie, multi-tasking environment. This is all because modern technology, and capitalism, has shown us that we can always improve on the various ways to screw ourselves! Constantly challenging the limits that our bodies and minds can take, we we're conditioned that this is how a modern person should be - sleek, savvy, and busy as hell...
According to national surveys around the globe, we will continue to see an upward trend towards stress related diseases and aggravated psychological disorders. A phenomenon not exclusive to any race, country, sex, or religious affiliation.
The reason behind it, if I may be permitted to state, is simply due to our exuberant lifestyles which breeds primarily from our vanity, greed, materialism and disdain. Mind you, they're certainly not our strongest points but don't be a hypocrite and deny that you're a virgin when it comes to these sins.
Complications from our daily routines and activities as we try desperately to adapt to the times brings not only higher efficiency ratios but also higher anxiety and higher cholesterol levels. The modern urban ape-man has to deal with all the bustle throughout the day only to do everything all over again.
It's a disease, to put it mildly. It is also frustrating to know that as you put your hopes and dreams in your career... while taking for granted one essential thing - yourself.
In your pursuit of that illusive success, you are willing to put your very life on the tip scale. You engage on routines, sometimes quite often than not, that puts your physical and mental state in jeopardy. You indulge on unhealthy food sources, letting your bodies primal conditioning run a mock as you slowly dig your own grave.
Do you know that in the ancient times, when men are living in caves and hunts wild game for food, animal fat is a prized commodity! Usually reserved for the leader of the hunting party, the highest prize, the most coveted! There is of course a science behind this bizarre practice.
You see, fat stores stabilized cholesterol and lipid deposits which can be used as a spare source of energy. When the organism fails to get sustenance, say the hunting effort failed a couple of days, the organism can always count on its "reserve" bulk to get by, at least for some time.
So anyway, during those ancient times, when hunting was the main source of sustenance - a successful hunt seldom happens. Humans endure a lot just to bring down a game, that's enough to feed everyone. Thus, it is only logical that the most coveted portion of the kill would be the "wobbly bits".
This hard-wiring is still with us today. This is why, despite numerous attempts to warn us of the ill effects consuming saturated fat, people still flock at the local fast food joint, stake houses or local delis. Or still indulges in a fat-dripping steak or chops! You'll find this habit very much related to how we live today.
A typical urbanite wouldn't have any difference with our ancestors. We go out everyday with our "savage ways" and try to earn our keep... All the time letting ourselves be bombarded with constant danger - stress and anxiety. At the end of the day, who could ever resists nibbling on that super-sized fries and munching on that fat-juicy burger! That's because, the body - hard wired from millions of years of evolution is waiting for its reward after a grueling day "hunting"... So don't smack your heads just yet; it's human nature after all.
Let's try to dissect the facts and try to analyze the obvious. Humans, regardless of what you think of yourselves, are not design to withstand constantly consuming saturated fat laden food groups. If you were, your teeth should resemble that of a binging carnivore! For your information your mouth is composed of 20 Molars, 4 Canine, and 8 incisors - which means, only 37.5% is assigned for meat processing and 62.5% of your teeth is of masticating vegetables.
Looking at these figure I say it's a fairly safe assumption that we should not be putting more than 40% of our diets in animal meat - where, most of the saturated fatty deposits reside. Nowadays of course you could get saturated fat almost in any form, size or composition, just do some extrapolation of the obvious, and hopefully you could figure out what I'm saying.
Try to weigh your meal every time you sit to chow down. If your plate is more than 40% meat (or saturated fat of any form)... don't dig in, resist the urge! Just try to binge on the 60% of the food groups you are "designed" for - fruits, vegetables...
We might not be able to change the way society operates right now. But, having been around over 7 million years... we should exhibit more intelligence than our ancient brethren - we should have figured out the obvious and finally wise up.
The question then becomes... Have you evolved yet after 7 million or so years?
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