"I was just a fad, really."
Posted on 01/20/2013 6:21:05 PM PST by Renfield
Analyses of Stone Age settlements reveal that the hunters were healthy and would gladly eat anything they could get their hands on, including carbohydrates – contrary to the modern definition of the Paleolithic, or Stone Age diet.
The Stone Age hunter’s food contained large amounts of protein from fish, lean mean, herbs and coarse vegetables and has formed the basis of one of today’s hottest health trends: the paleo diet.
The modern version of the Stone Age diet excludes foods rich in carbohydrates. This exclusion of carbs is based on the idea that Stone Age hunters didn’t have access to bread, rice or pasta.
But is it true that Stone Age hunters and gatherers didn’t eat any carbohydrates at all?
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencenordic.com ...
Carboping
nuts, fruits, seeds, cooked root crops, ...... of course paleolithic folks ate carbohydrates and enjoyed them immensely. The popular caveman diet simply reduces carb intake ~
Although not widely reported, they also had a craving for potato chips......
It just isn’t meat and potatoes without the potatoes...
"I was just a fad, really."
Crabs is good.
It was as if a million CrossFitters cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced...
I still love the Cavemen. “I’ll have the roast duck with the mango salsa.” LOL!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZhUdMTRrcE
Pretty sure that anything that made a turd was on the diet ... Moochelle was probably big into Cockroaches back then... Arugula was just bait.
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Just an opinion
I believe in getting plenty of carbs......
12 oz at a time...............
Kinda like duh....How much are these guys getting paid??
Healthy...Right!!....Life expectancy was 33.
Where exactly is the carb?
They were healthy, but hygeine was non-existent and hunting accidents could be fatal.
The infant mortality rate must have been atrocious due to infections. Combine that with death at childbirth (newborn’s craniums were getting larger making birth more difficult) and hunting accidents, no wonder people did not live long statistically.
Healthy...Right!!....Life expectancy was 33.
Actually that was the AVERAGE life expectancy. Infant
mortality was really a bitch!
Once he makes it into late teens he has a pretty good chance of making it to 60 or 70 plus. Not at all different from our today’s expectancy except for the meds and stuff to make into the 80’s and 90’s.
Indians, for example, abandon their aged members when they cannot keep up with their nomadic movement. It is cruel but necessary.
Kind of a silly article.
Peleolithic man, like most humans thru history, ate whatever they could get hold of.
Carbs would be an infrequent item on the menu and most certainly would be seasonal.
Didn’t the caveman die around the age of 30 ?
Gorp loves GORP sort of thang .....
The basic Neanderthal diet included other Neanderthals...
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