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Our ancestors also did without heating systems, plumbing, faucets, cars, computers, electricity of any kind, guns, public transportation, books, windows with glass enclosures, plywood, and furniture that wasn't made out of straw. They also had no antibiotics, first aid kits, sterilization processes for simple things like needles for sewing deep cuts, anasthetics, prosthetics, and money. Furthermore, ancestors who lived in cold climates didn't eat food grown on trees. They hunted, ate meats and fish of whatever kind they were able to catch. And if it was a bad day in the forest, they didn't eat at all, in the wintertime. They also didn't get to turn up the heat on a particularly cold blustery day.
They didn't do "just fine" unless by "just fine" you mean dying during childbirth because there was no such thing as a cesarian section then - or dying at age 20 due to various plagues that would've been completely prevented had things like -soap- existed...or an average death age of 30...
I prefer my fine now, "franken-wheat" and all, to the "fine" I might've had to endure (or not) if I lived back in the days of our ancestors.
But you go on ahead and take yourself off the grid, live in a cave, toss your cell phone away, unplug your computer, ditch the generator and the car, and money, and modern medicine, and enjoy whatever is left of your life hunting for your supper. Good luck. I'll be at home with a slice of wheat toast and strawberry preserves, posting on the internet or maybe reading a book. Or maybe even ordering take-out.
Boy, you're on a roll aintcha? I like modern conveniences too but I also think we've come up with some pretty obscene ideas that make *not washing your hands before doing surgery* look like a great idea. Like nuclear bombs, high fructose corn syrup, dumping loads of trash into the ocean or sending it to outer space, and GMO's. You all might disagree with my (necessarily shortened) list but I think you can realize that just b/c I like living in the modern era where I don't have to be super anxious every time my child gets a sniffle, doesn't mean that I embrace it all. Just the fact that we have so many people walking around with obesity, diabetes, cancer, and alzheimer's is enough to tell me that we don't have all the answers here. I don't know if those things are caused by wheat and not claiming they are--chances are it's a combination, but I'm willing to look at it and not go hide my head in the sand. And the "good old days" might not have been so great, but they had things we don't, never doubt it.
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