Tuesday, November 25, 2025

SAMA HOOLE: The skeletons don't lie. The transition from hunting to farming was a health disaster.

10,000 BC: Humans hunt megafauna. Average height: 5'9". Bone density: exceptional. Teeth: perfect. Brain: 1,400cc. Chronic disease: zero. Diet: 60-80% calories from animal fat. 9,000 BC: Agricultural revolution begins. First farmers start eating grains instead of hunting. 8,000 BC: Skeletal analysis shows what happened next:

Height drops 6 inches within generations. Bone density decreases dramatically. Dental cavities appear for first time in human fossil record. --Sama Hoole

10,000 BC: Humans hunt megafauna. Average height: 5'9". Bone density: exceptional. Teeth: perfect. Brain: 1,400cc. Chronic disease: zero. Diet: 60-80% calories from animal fat. 9,000 BC: Agricultural revolution begins. First farmers start eating grains instead of hunting. 8,000 BC: Skeletal analysis shows what happened next: Height drops 6 inches within generations. Bone density decreases dramatically. Dental cavities appear for first time in human fossil record. Nutritional deficiencies visible in bones. Skeletal deformities from malnutrition. Lifespan actually decreases despite "settled civilisation." Archaeological term for this: "Agricultural decline" or "Neolithic decline." We traded individual health for population growth. Quality for quantity. Agriculture wasn't progress. It was adaptation to scarcity after we hunted fat-rich megafauna to extinction. We were so good at hunting that we eliminated our primary food source and needed a backup plan. The backup plan kept us alive. But we got shorter, weaker, sicker. The skeletons don't lie. The transition from hunting to farming was a health disaster. But it allowed population explosion, so civilisation formed anyway. We've been paying for it ever since.

SAMA HOOLE: Farmers. Builders. Beach holidays. Minimal sunburn. No skin cancer epidemic. You burn in 30 minutes now. The sun didn't change. You did. Your skin's fat composition changed. UV light triggers oxidation of PUFAs [i.e., seed oils] in your skin.

Your grandparents could spend all day in the sun. Farmers. Builders. Beach holidays. Minimal sunburn. No skin cancer epidemic. You burn in 30 minutes now. The sun didn't change. You did. Your skin's fat composition changed. UV light triggers oxidation of PUFAs in your skin. Oxidised PUFAs = free radicals = sunburn. Melanoma rates in America: 1950: 1 in 500 2020: 1 in 50 That's a 10x increase. What else increased 10x? Seed oil consumption. The sun hasn't gotten more dangerous. You've become more flammable. Your skin is literally built from oxidisable oils. UV light hits seed-oil-based skin like lighting a match near gasoline. After 6-12 months without seed oils, your skin cells turn over. New cells built from stable fats. People report spending hours in sun without burning, when they previously burned in 30 minutes. Your ancestors didn't need SPF 50. Because their skin wasn't made of flammable materials.

SAMA HOOLE on MEDITERRANEAN DIET: Context: Post-war scarcity, more physically active, not obese. Their actual diet: Lamb, goat, fish, cheese, eggs regularly. Meat at celebrations. Keys' interpretation: The olive oil and vegetables are responsible. He minimised the animal products.

The "healthy traditional Mediterranean Diet" is a hoax and was manufactured by politicians in the 1960s: Here's how: 1960s: Ancel Keys studies Crete and Greece post-WWII. Context: Post-war scarcity, more physically active, not obese. Their actual diet: Lamb, goat, fish, cheese, eggs regularly. Meat at celebrations. Keys' interpretation: The olive oil and vegetables are responsible. He minimised the animal products. As marketed today: "Mostly plant-based!" "Whole grains!" "Minimal meat!" Actual traditional Mediterranean: Greeks: Ate lamb regularly, loads of cheese, eggs daily Italians: Pork, fish, cheese, eggs abundantly French: Duck, butter, cream Spanish: Pork, lamb, seafood, eggs, cheese The marketed version is vegetarian fantasy. The actual diet was heavy in animal products. Traditional Mediterranean people weren't healthy because of olive oil. They were healthy because they: Ate real food Were physically active Weren't obese Didn't eat processed oils Ate plenty of animal products "Eat real food including meat" doesn't sell olive oil. So they sold vegetables and ignored the lamb.

SAMA HOOLE: Nitrates in 100g Hot dogs: 5mg. Nitrates in 100g Spinach: 250-350 mg