[arielb]

Want to live until 30? Fine eat like a caveman. The Chinese and Japanese eat a high carb diet (they eat mostly rice-not General Tso's Chicken) and they have the highest life expectancies

[Pharmboy]

The key--if you eat high carbs--is to eat a very low fat diet. High carbs combined with high fat is the killer. The carbs bring the high insulin levels and that, in turn, causes more fat to be stored.

Much more natural to eat lower carbs and eliminate cereals.

[SamAdams76]

I agree with your way of thinking. The life expectancy of humans has increased enormously since switching to a carbohydrate-based diet. Granted, some of that increase can be attributed to better medical care and hygiene. But as you point out, the Asians, who eat mostly rice have very long lifespans. As do Italians who eat lots of breads, wines and pastas.

I like a good steak every now and then but I would rather have fish and rice, or a soup with lots of vegetables, rice or pasta thrown in. And of course, lots of carbohydrate-laden beer!

[Proud_texan]

"The Chinese and Japanese.."

They also have very low incidents of digestive system cancer. Obviously this could be due to other factors but I've always wondered if we were designed to eat meat why our intestines weren't designed like those of other meat eaters.

[gleeaikin]

Actually eating like a caveman did not mean eating only meat/fish/foul. It also included eating all kinds of vegetable matter, nuts, roots, and fruits.

Many modern ills are caused be eating a high carb diet that encourages the growth of candida albicans or thrush. This yeast infection can cause many kinds of symptoms. In fact if you have a health problem, especially one that is vague or hard to diagnose, try the "caveman diet". Basically, when you select food to eat, ask yourself, was someone, somewhere able to eat this 10,000 years ago. If the answer is yes then it is part of a "caveperson diet".

If you are infected with yeast, and try this diet, your yeast will "demand" that you eat sweets and carbohydrate, saying "feed me, feed me". You have to be strong for a few days and say "no $^(_*&& yeast is going to dictate my life." As the yeast starts to die of starvation it will poison your body and you may feel ill for a few days. The more yeast in your system, the worse you may feel. Be patient, give the "Caveman/Atkins Diet" a week, and you should start to feel a lot better and your symptoms improve.

I was once called to the home of a fellow in the last stages of AIDS, suffering from severe yeast infection. I looked in his refrigerator to find something to cook for him. Of 23 foods, only one was not a yeast treat. The only not yeast feeder he had was chicken.

If you want to try the Atkins Diet, easy to find on Google, be sure you start with the rigorous "Induction Phase". Your body will burn Fats, Carbohydrates/Sugars, or Protein for energy. By eliminating almost all Carb/Sugar, and eating adequate protein, and some fat, the body will burn the surplus fat in your body first. You can eat lots of green salad, celery, cucumbers, etc. Some cheese, sour cream, ricotta. 1 or 2 eggs, 2 slices of bacon, and modest quantities of related foods. This diet really works, and you don't feel all that hungry on it. Also take good vitamin/mineral supplements while dieting.

Asians do eat a lot of rice, but also a lot of low carb vegetables, and seaweed, which is high in trace minerals. The caveman was not killed by his diet, but by severe living conditions like winter, drought, etc.