Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 08, 2015
January 07, 2015
January 09, 2015
Transcript:
Ned: So, no problems sticking to a vegan diet? Bob: Well...eating out is pretty difficult. Ned: Then you'll be happy to know mom is letting Kate cook vegan dishes at the diner. Bob: Mom giving up control of the kitchen? How's that working out? Kate: When do I get to start cussin' and throwing things? Flo: When you get yawr own TV show, deah. Ned: Let's just say it's still a work in progress... Bob: That bad, eh?
Radical concept: One size does not fit all. We humans are a strange bunch. We’ve spread all over the planet, filled a huge variety of ecological niches, adapted to all sorts of conditions of climate, activity, altitude, diet, etc., and yet we haven’t speciated. This means that we are all carrying a huge variety of genes, including a huge variety of genes governing how we process and utilize food. Could it be that some of us will thrive on meat, others on grains, still others on fruits and veggies, some on dairy and fish, etc.? And that there is no miraculous “super-diet” that will make us all live forever?
Nah.