We all have an inner caveman. The vast majority of us just don't realize it and that the healthiest diet is the oldest one.
An inner caveman who's craving foods he ate during the prehistoric era. It probably contradicts all your stereotypes, but the prehistoric man who lived before the advent of agriculture was, in many ways, an extremely fit, athletic person. Usually, we think "caveman" and we think disease and deprivation.
That isn't necessarily so. I can't actually confirm that every caveman had six-pack abs, though some authors claim this is so.
But they were fit. They walked for long distances in search of big game; they walked in search of fruits, berries, and nuts. And when the food dwindled in one location, they migrated to find a better place to live (a new cave home if you will).
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That means we're still working with a system that's more comfortable with a non-agricultural diet.
The bottom line is this: the 10,000 years since the advent of farming is not nearly enough time for our genes to adapt to not only grains, but legumes and dairy products. Now you can see why so many people have so many digestive issues with today's diet.
Let's just take one example, that of refined white sugar -- not even available to your prehistoric ancestor. Today, it appears to be a staple of the American diet. Think I'm exaggerating? Just read the following statistic. It'll get you thinking a little deeper about how we eat.
The average American consumes (now get this!) between two to three pounds of sugar in a week. In the last decade -- a short 10 years! -- the consumption of refined sugar has increased from approximately 26 pounds per person yearly to a whopping 135! The sad part is, most of us don't even know that we're eating that
An inner caveman who's craving foods he ate during the prehistoric era. It probably contradicts all your stereotypes, but the prehistoric man who lived before the advent of agriculture was, in many ways, an extremely fit, athletic person. Usually, we think "caveman" and we think disease and deprivation.
That isn't necessarily so. I can't actually confirm that every caveman had six-pack abs, though some authors claim this is so.
But they were fit. They walked for long distances in search of big game; they walked in search of fruits, berries, and nuts. And when the food dwindled in one location, they migrated to find a better place to live (a new cave home if you will).
As you might …show more content…
That means we're still working with a system that's more comfortable with a non-agricultural diet.
The bottom line is this: the 10,000 years since the advent of farming is not nearly enough time for our genes to adapt to not only grains, but legumes and dairy products. Now you can see why so many people have so many digestive issues with today's diet.
Let's just take one example, that of refined white sugar -- not even available to your prehistoric ancestor. Today, it appears to be a staple of the American diet. Think I'm exaggerating? Just read the following statistic. It'll get you thinking a little deeper about how we eat.
The average American consumes (now get this!) between two to three pounds of sugar in a week. In the last decade -- a short 10 years! -- the consumption of refined sugar has increased from approximately 26 pounds per person yearly to a whopping 135! The sad part is, most of us don't even know that we're eating that