Paleolithic Diet,
The Diet Your Body Wants!
The Paleolithic Diet recreates the food sources of humans in the Paleolithic Era, which ended around 10,000 years ago.
The Diet Consists Of An Early Hunter-Gatherer Lifestyle
• Lean meat: wild game, rabbit, lean beef and chicken. Domesticated animals should be free range or grass fed to approximate this diet.
• Fish: all types, but the modern equivalent would be oily fish such as salmon, mackerel, and herring
• Vegetables and fruit of all kinds and colors
• Roots and nuts, such as walnuts, hazelnuts, and almonds
The diet is built on the philosophy of Evolutionary Medicine, which says that today’s humans are genetically the same as our ancestors, and we are genetically adapted to the diet of those ancient humans.
You Will Notice That This Prehistoric Diet Does NOT Include Many Familiar Foods:
• No grains products such as wheat, corn, and oats
• No legumes, meaning beans, of any kind, including peanuts
• No dairy products. Yes, that includes ice cream.
• No added salt
• No refined sugar. Cave men and women didn’t bake cakes or drink Coke.
• No processed oils, like inexpensive cooking oils
• No alcohol or fermented beverages, such as beer and wine
The Caveman Diet contains foods that can be hunted, fished,or gathered from the land. This includes mushrooms, herbs, spices, and even insects, if you’re so inclined. Crickets Anyone!
Those who practice this diet eat only the leanest cuts of meat, preferably grass fed animals or wild game.
Oils that are acceptable on the Paleolithic Diet are canola and olive oil, both of which are heart healthy oils, rich in monounsaturated fats.
Water is recommended as the preferred fluid,but tea is acceptable.
Caveman BBQ
Cooking foods is permitted, as Paleolithic man cooked food as far back as 250,000 years ago.
Since the Caveman Diet emphasizes fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats, natural and unprocessed foods, it can be considered to be a heart healthy diet.
However, the diet may be difficult for some to follow as there are few carbohydrates, starches or dairy products. The amount of total fat in the Paleolithic Diet is 28-58%, which is higher than what the American Heart Association recommends at 7% saturated fat.
If your doctor has recommended a low fat, low cholesterol diet, check with them before beginning this Prehistoric Diet.
