I’ve been eating like this for a while now. Best thing I ever did. Even feel better during my workouts.
Cindie
My wife has done this diet along with Crossfit and it has worked very well for her.
But to say this cures heart disease and all other ailments is stupid. Cavemen didn’t live until they were 80...they died in their teens and 20s. Lucky to live to 30 (guessing here). But as life expectancy goes up so do our ailments. We no longer die from freezing or being eaten by a tiger.
Hum. Sounds good.
I am thinking that humans have made a “bread” for muli-thousands of years. Generally a flat bread with no yeast, ground grains mixed with water and put on a hot rock.
Also dying in your thirties, or even forties if you were lucky, because you were now not fast enough to catch a mammoth or escape from the sabre tooth tiger, kept cavemen from getting those diseases of old age.
This doctor used the Paleo Diet to cure her multiple sclerosis!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjgBLwH3Wc
It's nuts, not condoms, that are health foods.
I tried this, but I had to reimburse my neighbor for his cow.
Gotta eat cow. "Cavemen have no stupid law!" I argued, to no avail.
For some reason people who never experienced primitivism wax romantic in their celebration of primitivism yet ignore the fact that as soon as you give a primitive a match, he no longer wants to rub sticks together to make his fire.
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No one has addressed the “hunter-gatherer” requirement of this diet.
If you buy your stuff at the store you are cheating.
If you hunt and gather your food you will definitely lose weight in a hurry!
Now Im 235# BP is 100/50 - cholesterol is 170 - normal blood sugar -
I eliminated processed flour sugar, dairy,beef, caffiene, any added fats or oils -eating spelt, quinoa, eggs, fruit, veg, venison, chicken, rice, fish water, OJ
I had my physical last week - expect to be off all meds by june
On our family ranch, a natural diet was the only one there was-I’ve eaten like that all my life-there are no overweight people in my family who still eat that way, either. I do make cornbread and wheat or seven grain bread from scratch in winter-but not in the warm months. I grow as many of my own veggies as I can, and get free range meat.
I’ve been doing most of this for the last few months, with the exception of rice (which I now mix one cup barley to two cups rice). That’s sufficient for two people for two meals because me and spousey-mine are cutting back there as well.
I’ve developed an aversion to pasta and an active loathing of white bread, although I still enjoy whole grain bread in moderation.
Japanese food is very heavy on fresh veggies, fish and fruit, so that’s easy enough — although I also avoid the salty sauces — soy and otherwise.
I never thought of this as being a caveman type diet. Just common sense good healthy food.
I eat what I like, when I like. At 50mumble, I'm still lean and fit.
Tonight it's BBQ chicken thighs with rosemary smoke, mashed taters, and asparagus out of the yard.
Along with plenty of home-made beer.
There is no magic bullet for diets.
Pay attention to your body, and stay active. And eat what you enjoy.
/johnny
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In the Paleolithic at 37 Tara would be a toothless crone minding her grandchildren as the rest of the tribe went out to hunt and gather. They didn't have veggie gardens that contained produce from all corners of the earth either.