How was the metabolic health of European peasants? Fine. Their diet caused non-metabolic problems like protein malnutrition, niacin deficiency, scurvy, rickets, and chronic childhood malnutrition. But obesity and diabetes were extremely rare.
How do we know that about diabetes? Remember, these peasants frequently died of all sorts of things. And peasants had very limited access to medical expertise, and are under-represented in the historical record.
I also don’t think you can go from “different diets cause different health problems” to “modern diets bad”.
How do we know that about diabetes? Remember, these peasants frequently died of all sorts of things. And peasants had very limited access to medical expertise, and are under-represented in the historical record.
I also don’t think you can go from “different diets cause different health problems” to “modern diets bad”.