Another significant change undergone by many of these newly agrarian communities was one of <answer>diet</answer>. Pre-agrarian <answer>diet</answer>s varied by region, season, available local plant and animal resources and degree of pastoralism and hunting. Post-agrarian <answer>diet</answer> was restricted to a limited package of successfully cultivated cereal grains, plants and to a variable extent domesticated animals and animal products. Supplementation of <answer>diet</answer> by hunting and gathering was to variable degrees precluded by the increase in population above the carrying capacity of the land and a high sedentary local population concentration. In some cultures, there would have been a significant shift toward increased starch and plant protein. The relative nutritional benefits and drawbacks of these <answer>diet</answer>ary changes and their overall impact on early societal development is still debated.
What food related trend was significant in the new agrarian societies?
diet