Rewild your Diet. BBC.
After hanging out with the women and children doing some foraging, I had a late lunch of a few high-fibre tubers dug up with a sharp stick and tossed on the fire. These took a little effort to eat - mine was a bit too late “al dente” like tough, earthly celery. Babies were being breastfed and passed around for everyone to cuddle and play with. I never saw or heard any crying and they all looked healthy. They are weaned on baobab from six months and have 20 times the fibre intakes of Western kids. Some had large pot bellies - but rather than suggesting malnutrition, it showed their high fibre intakes and these resulting gas from the fermentation. I quickly learnt they were in no discomfort and were also amused by their noisy farts. After my baobab juice I soon joined in!
Prof Tim Spector is professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London, and author of The Diet Myth: The Real Science Behind We Eat.
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