In modern times, it is difficult to consume a similar thing our paleolithic forefathers ate, unless if we live in the wild and hunt or gather each and every bit of food. That will likely to end up in close proximity to a full-time career, and not really a feasible choice for many people these days.
Paleolithic nutrition did consist of foods which were available, and harvestable in nature. This includes wildlife (not just grass-fed, but completely wild), wild plants, seeds, insects plus in some places it had been possible to find nuts and fruits if they were in season (certainly not year-round).
Obviously we don’t have the choice of eating like this today, but we do our best in order to imitate it. Doing the paleo diet does not involve residing in a cave, or hunting our food with spears. We buy our food in the grocery store, and cook it ourselves in our modern houses on the stove or in the oven.
By making particular food choices we're able to imitate the actual paleolithic nutrition, and this involves going for food which is as little processed as is possible, even organic if we are able to afford it. It also involves choosing meat that was pastured and grass-fed instead of factory produced like is common in several western countries today.
The best bet we can make on imitating the exact paleolithic nutrition, is to look at the things our ancestors definitely didn't eat. We are able to pretty much state like a fact they didn’t consume food packed with hydrogenated oils or high-fructose corn syrup. We can be certain that they didn’t eat refined wheat, as well as any kind of grain for that matter given that they take so very long to process.
They definitely didn’t eat chemically processed vegetable oils, and they also didn’t eat anything packed with artificial sweeteners or preservatives. I’m pretty sure they didn’t consume any low-fat milk products either or any canned or bottled soda drinks. Candy was not obtainable in those times either.
We are able to get pretty close to imitating the exact paleolithic nutrition by eliminating these foods that we know are definitely products of modern industrial food production. A quotation that has stuck pretty much in my mind is: “If it looks as it was produced in a factory, don’t eat it”. It is a golden rule, and if we follow it then we should have no problem experiencing the awesome health benefits of true paleolithic nutrition.
The paleo diet is about creating particular food choices, depending on how our paleolithic ancestors were likely to eat. We can’t really tell for sure exactly what they ate, but we are able to develop assumptions which are probably pretty accurate. These are the foods that the paleo diet is usually based around.
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Cedric Bowen
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May 24, 2011 Prepare paleo recipes so that you can feel the paleo diet health benefits
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