The Paleolithic Diet and Its Modern Implications

Chet Day ^ | Unknown | An Interview with Loren Cordain

[Pharmboy]

Just 'cause I love all you Freepers so much I want you to live a long time. Eat like cave men and women.

[Miss Marple]

Where can I buy mastodon steaks?

[Jen]

Do you think my cheering squad looks like cave men and women?

Gimme a 'D'
Gimmie an 'O'
Gimmie an 'H'
What's it spell?

DOH!

Have you contributed any yet?

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[Pharmboy]

I gave extra today (since you asked).

Best,
PB

[Pharmboy]

Aaaahhhh. You must SPEAR the mastodon.

[Jen]

Thanks for your financial support of FR! We are in the final stretch of the FReepathon. Then the cheering squad will pack up their pom poms.

[dighton]

Eat like cave men and women.

Especially you FReeperettes.

[Pharmboy]

Gjorgk say: "Bring me Neandertal female in middle."

[petuniasevan]

Absolutely true. An archaeological study was done at a site in Turkey which was an early Neolithic village. Down deep in the strata, human remains are found which show a fairly healthy population. But in the shallower strata, the skeletons show typical signs associated with agriculture:

heavy muscle-attachment marks (from heavy labor), degraded joints (same), bone deformation (malnutrition), shorter stature than the older skeletons (poor diet), "starvation rings" - periods of no bone growth (famine or lack of adequate food).

We paid a price for the Neolithic Revolution:
we got high population and civilizations as we know them, but also a near-famine existence for so many for most of recorded history.

[Pharmboy]

Exactly. Our bodies are set to defend against energy LOSS. All of our enzymes, hormones, etc. are tuned for "feast or famine" rather than the constant abundance that agriculture has brought.

[Jen]

You are sick and twisted! ;-)

[Pharmboy]

Be careful, though. It can get dangerous out there.

[T'wit]

> Both the fossil record and ethnological studies of hunter-gatherers... indicate that humans rarely if ever ate cereal grains nor did they eat diets high in carbohydrates.

Uh, oh. It does not look good for Fruit Loops.

[petuniasevan]

True, but you might mean to say, "modern agriculture". That's a product of the Industrial Revolution, artificial fertilizers, and pesticides/herbicides.
And don't forget hybrid crops and crop rotation techniques.

If I could kick my sugar habit, I would lose 25 lbs in no time, as I work hard.

[1234]

article very much like "eat right for your type"-MANY TX FOR POSTING

[Pharmboy]

Hey...c'mon...to a Neandertal she's a centerfold!

[dighton]

See #12.

[T'wit]

I trust you realize that a "paleolithic" diet means eating old stones.

[Pharmboy]

You're most welcome. From your moniker I would guess that you are a basic, no-nonsense type of human. That would go well with a hunter-gatherer diet.

[Don Myers]

bttt