> Meanwhile tribes of hunter-gatherers in Africa get 15-80% of their daily calories from honey during certain seasons; why aren't they obese and diabetic?
The fact you even have to ask this question is telling.
Specifically you're talking about Hadza tribe that spends pretty much all of their waking hours outdoors hunting and tracking pray, day in and day out.
They quite literally track honeyguide birds, climb tall baobab trees, get stung repeatedly and then they eat freshest highest quality honeycombs whole, including larva, and not just extracted, industrially processed honey.
Westeners that show up to film hadza can barely keep up to them because just how fast, long and exhausting their hunts are.
This is akin to asking why do long-distance cyclists who spend 10-16hrs a day on bike on long cross country rides can drink liters of cola every day and be skinny like a fig.
I'm getting second hand embarrassment from just reading the question.
The fact you even have to ask this question is telling. Specifically you're talking about Hadza tribe that spends pretty much all of their waking hours outdoors hunting and tracking pray, day in and day out.
They quite literally track honeyguide birds, climb tall baobab trees, get stung repeatedly and then they eat freshest highest quality honeycombs whole, including larva, and not just extracted, industrially processed honey.
Westeners that show up to film hadza can barely keep up to them because just how fast, long and exhausting their hunts are.
This is akin to asking why do long-distance cyclists who spend 10-16hrs a day on bike on long cross country rides can drink liters of cola every day and be skinny like a fig.
I'm getting second hand embarrassment from just reading the question.