The Paleolithic Diet “is the diet that man evolved on,…:
The Paleolithic Diet “is the diet that man evolved on, the diet that is coded for in our genes”. The diet consists of avoiding grains, beans, dairy, sugar, etc.; eating meat/chicken/fish, eggs, fruit, veggies, nuts, etc.; and increasing your intake of root veggies and organ meats like liver.
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Put simply, that diet is what you would expect from animals whose existence is consumed with simple survival — food-gathering, procreation, and shelter. No herding, no agriculture, just an existence tied to the success of today’s hunting and gathering.
If we believe, as I do, that man is capable of making choices beyond the most basic ones — and given that I am writing this and someone else is reading it, with the technological underpinnings that requires, what else can be true? — perhaps we are post-evolution. Evolution moves too slowly for us to see it, in most cases, and the changes are subtle. And where evolutionary changes are a response to environmental pressures or the like, humans are more likely to stall evolution by adjusting the environment to suit their present needs.
topical comment from Tbogg’s commentariat:
Darwin wasn’t wrong, in controlling our environment we have allowed these people to survive. Even so, they’re struggling. Have you noticed the rates at which these people breed in an effort to guarantee their survival?
CJ | Homepage | 09.14.07 – 10:39 am | #