11-28-2011, 01:18 AM
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AM, one thing you are not understanding is that when you grew up, as with today, puberty comes about three years earlier than when I was growing up. Scientists are not exactly certain why this is the case, but many professionals, and I am in agreement, suspect it to be the abundant addition of refined/processed carbohydrates.
With all the refined carbohydrates ingested by children, their bodies are not used to this because humans have always been hunters and gatherers. And while processed foods have been in society for over a hundred years, the simple truth is that all the gunk snacks today weren't anything like that in the 40s and 50s. Back then it was nothing for a male, or female, to not enter puberty until 15-16 years. Today, that is much earlier.
So, take that into consideration when you make any judgment about historical things.
Besides, early man lived so few years, on average, that puberty marked the beginning of adulthood. It still does in some places. So equating age and physical maturation, are two different things.
For the record, when I was sent to military school, in 1959, I was a sophomore, and turned fifteen that Halloween. I did not enter puberty until that next summer when I was on the down side of fifteen, and officially a junior.
With all the refined carbohydrates ingested by children, their bodies are not used to this because humans have always been hunters and gatherers. And while processed foods have been in society for over a hundred years, the simple truth is that all the gunk snacks today weren't anything like that in the 40s and 50s. Back then it was nothing for a male, or female, to not enter puberty until 15-16 years. Today, that is much earlier.
So, take that into consideration when you make any judgment about historical things.
Besides, early man lived so few years, on average, that puberty marked the beginning of adulthood. It still does in some places. So equating age and physical maturation, are two different things.
For the record, when I was sent to military school, in 1959, I was a sophomore, and turned fifteen that Halloween. I did not enter puberty until that next summer when I was on the down side of fifteen, and officially a junior.