Diet From the Stone Age

By: Floyd Adan

It's pretty crazy to think that the healthiest diet for humans
may have been the one we followed before the development of
agriculture. But there's a growing number of people who believe
in this type of diet and feel their very best when eating a diet
free of grains and dairy. During the Paleolithic Era, all people
were hunter-gatherers, animals were hunted and plant foods were
gathered and up until about 10,000 years ago, no society existed
that farmed animals or grew crops.

Also, no one ate milk products or drank milk after they were
weaned off mother's milk back then. Today, many nutritionists
think that the Paleolithic people ate a diet that was higher in
protein compared to the typical, present-day, Western diet, up
to twice as high as that of the average person in the West
today. Interesting when you consider the fact that the base of
our food pyramid today is grains. But you should know that the
animals hunted back then were 'game' animals, and likely low in
fat, making the protein much healthier. The Stone-agers probably
ate a lot of fish and other seafood like oysters and mussels,
crustacea such as prawns, caught by people who lived near the
sea, rivers or lakes, also low in saturated fat.

Also, Paleolithic people ate much larger quantities of fruits
and vegetables and mostly root vegetables. Naturally, if you try
to follow such a diet today, it would be wise to avoid the
obvious sugar, dairy products (although some suggest that
low-fat dairy products are needed for calcium), and grains, as
well as potatoes, beans, soy beans and lentils. The resulting
diet would be high-protein, medium-fat, low/medium-carbohydrate,
high-fiber, rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.

A diet for everyone? Certainly not, as it would be quite a
financial expense for most to start buying and cooking game meat
instead of the cheaper cow beef. Though perhaps healthier, such
a diet unfortunately could not sustain our world filled today
with billions. But it may be an answer to the chronic diseases
of the wealthy Westerners.

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