intro to paleo diet

The paleo diet is a diet that tries to mimic the way the caveman ate. Obviously it wont mimic everything, but it tries to get as close as possible by encouraging the consumption of natural food. It encourages you to avoid all forms of processed food, legumes and grains. These foods in particular have shown  to damage our body to an extent that we cant even imagine

Lets put this in context. To better understand what humans ate during the Paleolithic era ( which is roughly 10 000 to 2.5 million years ago), we are going to paint a picture of what life was like back then. The Neanderthal would hunt for meat for his family while the wife would forage vegetables, fruits, nuts, herbs and spices in the forest. This was very dangerous , but he would then put the meat near a fire to prepare it.

This Paleolithic era covers about 99 percent of human prehistory, and at the time humans were slowly evolving into homo sapiens. The Neanderthal would make weapons out of objects found in the forrest. The type of meat available to him was bison,fish and small animals that would provide easy meat. 

In the modern world we don’t have to hunt to eat meat. We can just go to the store / supermarket to get readily available food. Unfortunately not all the food is Paleolithic , nor is it natural. So we have to source organic gluten free foods that have no chemicals in them. Grass fed meat is usually the best, while wild fish is usually the freshest.

Organic fruits and vegetables also have very little chemicals and are more nutrient dense. Store chicken is usually fed steroids to help it grow, so it would be best to avoid it

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