Methane only lasts a few years in the atmosphere. The natural state of North America is to be covered in ruminant megafauna. This is all about forcing bugs down our throat.
History so far:
Pre-20th century: Most people ate a diet low in carbs and high in animal fats. Heart disease and diabetes are almost non-existent.
Early 20th century: Seed oil is marketed as replacement for animal fat. Crisco and margarine are king.
Mid 20th century: Heart disease has become a thing. A sensible person would say, "shit, must be these vegetable oils!" Nope. American Heart Association declares that animal fats are the problem. Seed oils become even more popular.
Late 20th century: Heart disease has accelerated. In 1977 the United States Government declares that fats are the problem (hey, at least they are half right which is better than the government usually does). Low fat/high carb is recommended.
Later 20th century: Starting in 1980 the obesity and diabetes rates are a hockey stick (and you don't even have to merge to completely different data sets to get it). A sensible person would say, "shit, it must be the low fat/high carb!" Nope. In 1992 the food pyramid is released and it recommends low fat/high carb.
Early 21st century: Obesity and diabetes continue to soar! Obesity is the new bitcoin! To the moon! 2005 revised pyramid. low fat/high carb. 2011 Pyramid is trashed for circle. Low fat/high carb. Changing the shape of the recommendation didn't help strangely enough.
Future: Who knows what horror this Beyond Food and bug burger future holds for us. Just like the early 20th century push for seed oil was a successful attempt to sell agricultural bioproducts as food so is the 21st century push for plant protein. The pea protein in Beyond burgers is a byproduct of glass noodle production in China.
My point is NEVER EVER EVER trust "the experts" on nutrition because they will always be in favor of whatever is profitable.
Pre-20th century: Most people ate a diet low in carbs and high in animal fats.
It's been "always" bread, at least in Europe. From Rome's "bread and games" to the communist bread-for-the-people symbolism (and anti-communist: https://www.rri.ro/en_gb/bread_during_communism-2555291 - similar in Poland with "We want bread!" during, well, bread riots).
In East Asia, it's of course rice.
Meat other than maybe fish was always a luxery for peasants and later workers, that is most people. Only recently it became common to eat meat daily (in rich countries).
Hell, even white bread used to be a luxery!
In Poland a common old prayer (a local version of of Lord's Prayer) is even to ask for never stop having bread and to have bread today.
As I said, our centuries old basic prayer is asking to provide for "our common bread". In the 19th century you had just a disruption of the supply of potatoes in Ireland (unlike ours black bread plus groat which is what the lower classes consumed until the 20th) and like half of the population either died or fled to America. Why do you think rice is "still" so important in China, Vietnam, and even the insular Japan?
You know the bread in the prayer is metaphorical right? And the Irish were forced to rely on potatoes because the better food was being exported. When people say low carb or high carb they are talking about total calories not actual food bulk. A large potato has less than 300 calories; that's a lot of potatoes to be high carb, especially the 60% suggested by the US government. Without a refining a lot of these carbs people would be eating would be a lot of bulk and not as much calories, and it's not going to be their main source of calories outside of famine. To get all your calories from potatoes you literally have to eat 6 lbs of potatoes. It's doable; it's just not normal at all and it was something the Irish had force upon them. That's why despite being high carb the "potato diet" works; it's hard just to eat all that bulk.
English peasants ate a ton of mutton. Analysis of cooking pots confirm this. Mutton, veg, cheese and some grains, but mostly mutton and vegetables. Anywhere where there is more marginal land than arable land is going to have a lot of meat eating. Everywhere that's near the ocean is going to have a lot of meat eating. One or both of those fits much of Europe (and much of the world really).
Methane only lasts a few years in the atmosphere. The natural state of North America is to be covered in ruminant megafauna. This is all about forcing bugs down our throat.
History so far:
Pre-20th century: Most people ate a diet low in carbs and high in animal fats. Heart disease and diabetes are almost non-existent.
Early 20th century: Seed oil is marketed as replacement for animal fat. Crisco and margarine are king.
Mid 20th century: Heart disease has become a thing. A sensible person would say, "shit, must be these vegetable oils!" Nope. American Heart Association declares that animal fats are the problem. Seed oils become even more popular.
Late 20th century: Heart disease has accelerated. In 1977 the United States Government declares that fats are the problem (hey, at least they are half right which is better than the government usually does). Low fat/high carb is recommended.
Later 20th century: Starting in 1980 the obesity and diabetes rates are a hockey stick (and you don't even have to merge to completely different data sets to get it). A sensible person would say, "shit, it must be the low fat/high carb!" Nope. In 1992 the food pyramid is released and it recommends low fat/high carb.
Early 21st century: Obesity and diabetes continue to soar! Obesity is the new bitcoin! To the moon! 2005 revised pyramid. low fat/high carb. 2011 Pyramid is trashed for circle. Low fat/high carb. Changing the shape of the recommendation didn't help strangely enough.
Future: Who knows what horror this Beyond Food and bug burger future holds for us. Just like the early 20th century push for seed oil was a successful attempt to sell agricultural bioproducts as food so is the 21st century push for plant protein. The pea protein in Beyond burgers is a byproduct of glass noodle production in China.
My point is NEVER EVER EVER trust "the experts" on nutrition because they will always be in favor of whatever is profitable.
It's been "always" bread, at least in Europe. From Rome's "bread and games" to the communist bread-for-the-people symbolism (and anti-communist: https://www.rri.ro/en_gb/bread_during_communism-2555291 - similar in Poland with "We want bread!" during, well, bread riots).
In East Asia, it's of course rice.
Meat other than maybe fish was always a luxery for peasants and later workers, that is most people. Only recently it became common to eat meat daily (in rich countries).
Hell, even white bread used to be a luxery!
In Poland a common old prayer (a local version of of Lord's Prayer) is even to ask for never stop having bread and to have bread today.
This isn't actually true. e: https://www.medievalists.net/2020/11/medieval-europeans-meat-consumption/ It's a modern idea that people in the past ate mostly bread. For obvious reasons it's true for ancient Egyptians and that's why there are literally mummies with heart disease.
As I said, our centuries old basic prayer is asking to provide for "our common bread". In the 19th century you had just a disruption of the supply of potatoes in Ireland (unlike ours black bread plus groat which is what the lower classes consumed until the 20th) and like half of the population either died or fled to America. Why do you think rice is "still" so important in China, Vietnam, and even the insular Japan?
You know the bread in the prayer is metaphorical right? And the Irish were forced to rely on potatoes because the better food was being exported. When people say low carb or high carb they are talking about total calories not actual food bulk. A large potato has less than 300 calories; that's a lot of potatoes to be high carb, especially the 60% suggested by the US government. Without a refining a lot of these carbs people would be eating would be a lot of bulk and not as much calories, and it's not going to be their main source of calories outside of famine. To get all your calories from potatoes you literally have to eat 6 lbs of potatoes. It's doable; it's just not normal at all and it was something the Irish had force upon them. That's why despite being high carb the "potato diet" works; it's hard just to eat all that bulk.
English peasants ate a ton of mutton. Analysis of cooking pots confirm this. Mutton, veg, cheese and some grains, but mostly mutton and vegetables. Anywhere where there is more marginal land than arable land is going to have a lot of meat eating. Everywhere that's near the ocean is going to have a lot of meat eating. One or both of those fits much of Europe (and much of the world really).